Lewisburg Elementary School, Lewisburg KY

Original Research by School Decision on Lewisburg Elementary School

Lewisburg Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade as a regular public school in Logan County, Kentucky. The school is situated in the small, rural city of Lewisburg, a quiet community founded as a railroad depot town that now has a manufacturing-heavy economy and limited commercial activity along its two state highway corridors. The school itself occupies a location close to the town center given the city's very small footprint. Housing in Lewisburg is predominantly owner-occupied single-family homes, with property values that have seen little recent growth, and the area is car-dependent with no meaningful pedestrian infrastructure or public transit.

The student body is overwhelmingly white, with small shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Black students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the community. Enrollment is moderate for a school covering this grade span, with fairly even class sizes across kindergarten through sixth grade and somewhat smaller groups in seventh and eighth grades.

Academically, the school's state assessment results present a mixed picture that varies noticeably by grade level and subject. In mathematics, proficiency rates in the earlier tested grades show a dip in fourth grade before rising through the upper grades, with seventh and eighth graders scoring at a moderately higher level than the fourth and fifth grade cohorts. A similar pattern appears in English language arts: fourth grade proficiency is markedly lower than other grades, while third, sixth, seventh, and eighth graders perform at a more solid level. The overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades places Lewisburg Elementary above the midpoint among the two public school districts in Logan County, meaning it sits toward the upper end of the small district comparison set. Science results are available only for fourth and seventh grades; the fourth grade figure is low and the seventh grade figure is moderate, though a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the context. Social studies results are suppressed for fifth grade but show a reasonable level for eighth grade.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. No data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or staffing were available at the time of this account, and state testing participation rates were also missing, so a reader who wants the full picture on student engagement and school climate would need to ask the school directly.

Across the district, the Logan County school board has made two publicly reported moves that affect schools including Lewisburg Elementary. A 1:1 technology initiative is putting a device into the hands of every student, a significant shift in how students access learning materials. The board also approved a substantial sum in renovation projects across multiple school facilities, representing a real investment in physical infrastructure.

For a family considering this school, the takeaway is a small-town elementary and middle school where academic performance is strongest in the upper middle grades and in reading compared to math, with a noticeable soft spot in the fourth grade year that a parent may want to investigate. The community is quiet and rural, with limited local amenities but short distances to the county seat of Russellville. The housing market is modest and stable. The district is making deliberate moves on technology and facilities. This school best fits a family seeking a familiar, neighborhood-style setting where children can move through pre-K to eighth grade without changing schools, and who are comfortable with the trade-offs of a very small town.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 352%

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

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 34% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 39% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 648%

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

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 50% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 55% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 51% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 37% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 43% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 58% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 46% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 856%

School 56% · District 50% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Science

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 29% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 30%

even with state median

Social studies

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 47% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 11 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-income44%Higher-income68%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income11%Higher-income43%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income24%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income62%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income60%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income52%Higher-income63%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income44%Higher-income63%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income8%Higher-income43%35 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income65%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income54%Higher-income52%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income63%15 pp gap