Auburn Elementary School, Auburn KY

Original Research by School Decision on Auburn Elementary School

Auburn Elementary School serves students from preschool through eighth grade as a regular public school in the Logan County school district. It is the only school in the small town of Auburn, Kentucky, and because it covers such a wide grade span, it functions as both an elementary and middle school for the community. Students who continue past eighth grade move on to a high school elsewhere in the county.

On state assessments administered in the most recent school year, Auburn Elementary posted results that placed its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades in the top quartile relative to districts in Logan County. That is a useful context because the county has only two districts, so the comparison set is small, and landing in the top quartile here means Auburn’s performance sits above the midpoint of that small field.

Looking grade by grade, the school’s math proficiency rates run from just under half of students scoring proficient or above in fourth grade to just over three-fifths in eighth grade. In English language arts, the pattern is similar: the lowest proficiency appears in fourth and eighth grades, while sixth grade shows the highest. Science is tested in fourth and seventh grades, and in both cases fewer than two-fifths of students reached proficiency. Social studies is tested in fifth and eighth grades, with fifth graders scoring below half proficient and eighth graders slightly above half. These results show variability across subjects and grades, with middle-grade math and ELA generally stronger than the elementary science scores. Parents may want to look further into the science results, particularly since they are noticeably lower than the math and ELA numbers in the same grades.

The school enrolls a large student body for a PK-8 campus. The student population is predominantly white, with small shares of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. Just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that a substantial portion of families have lower household incomes. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available.

Auburn itself is a small, car-dependent town in Logan County, with a traditional Main Street and a branch of the county public library. Most residents commute by car, and the housing market shows home values that are broadly in line with statewide benchmarks. The town has seen modest population growth in recent years, though no major new developments were identified in available sources.

At the district level, the Logan County school board has moved forward with two notable initiatives. A digital learning fund and a 1:1 technology initiative put a device in the hands of every student, representing a lasting shift in how students access learning materials. The board also approved a substantial sum for renovation projects across multiple school facilities. These investments affect Auburn Elementary as part of the district, though the specific scope of work at this school was not detailed.

Because Auburn Elementary does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school’s program offerings beyond core academics were also not available in the data, so what enrichment or elective opportunities exist is an open question a family would want to ask directly.

For a family considering this school, the picture is one of a community-anchored school that serves children from preschool through middle school in a single building, with academic results that are generally solid in math and reading but weaker in science, and with district-level technology and facility investments underway. The school’s size and rural setting mean that students move through their early and middle years in the same environment, and the town offers a small, close-knit context. Families who want more detail on how the school supports students who are not yet proficient, or on the breadth of programming in the middle grades, will find that information best gathered from the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 51% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 34% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 39% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 648%

School 48% · District 51% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 754%

School 54% · District 50% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 55% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 37% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 43% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 58% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 46% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 50% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 29% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 30% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 31% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 47% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median

This schoolLogan County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income62%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income44%Higher-income47%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income65%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income63%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income57%Higher-income47%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income30%Higher-income57%27 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income48%Higher-income69%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income50%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income57%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income29%Higher-income68%39 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income57%Higher-income50%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income53%Higher-income74%21 pp gap