The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in English language arts. The lowest is 34% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Campbell Elementary School
Campbell Elementary serves prekindergarten through second grade in the small Ohio River valley city of Raceland, Kentucky. Because it covers only the earliest grades, the school offers no graduation rate and no state testing data beyond third grade, which is the first tested year. The one year of assessment results available, from the 2018-19 school year, captures a single cohort of third graders near the end of their time at the school. On Kentucky’s KPREP exams, that group showed a stronger performance in reading than in math, with a solid majority meeting the proficiency benchmark in English language arts while roughly a third did so in math. Across the two tested subjects, the school’s combined proficiency index placed it above the midpoint among districts in Greenup County, a comparison set that includes three districts. The state testing picture is thin—a single year, a single grade—so a family looking for sustained academic trends will find little to work with here.
The student body is small for a school covering these grades. The overwhelming majority of students are white, with small shares identifying as two or more races, Hispanic, Black, or Asian. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that poverty is a factor in many households. The school does not report data on students with individualized education programs or English learners, so those figures are simply absent from the public record rather than nonexistent. Campbell is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its Title I status was not provided in the available data.
The community context shapes what this school experience looks like. Raceland is a compact residential city in the Huntington-Ashland metropolitan area, with US Route 23 running through it as the main commercial strip. The historic Raceland Car Shop, now owned by Progress Rail, remains a major industrial employer. The largest sectors for local jobs are health care, food service, and retail, and the typical commute is done by car. Housing values are below both the state and national benchmarks, and the area has seen a slight population decline over the past decade. A small annexation was recorded in 2022, but no wave of new development is reshaping the town. The local housing market appears stable and affordable relative to broader averages, with modest year-over-year change in property values.
Campbell is one of three schools in the Raceland-Worthington Independent School District, all located within Raceland itself. The district covers the neighboring city of Worthington as well. A search for recent district-level changes or strategic initiatives turned up little of lasting impact, so a parent may want to ask the district directly about current priorities, curriculum updates, or early-grade programming. For a school that ends at second grade, the natural question is what comes next: students feed into Raceland-Worthington Middle School for grades three through seven and then Raceland-Worthington High School.
For a family considering this school, the picture is one of limited public data and a small, early-elementary environment in a stable, working-class river town. The academic data available is narrow in scope, showing decent reading results but a softer math outcome for one cohort. The school serves an important function as the first step in a single-district K-12 pathway, and its size and grade span mean that students and teachers know each other well. Families who want to understand how the school supports early literacy, prekindergarten programming, or transitions to third grade would need to ask the school directly, as those details are not captured in the available records.
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