The top reported proficiency rate is 28% in English language arts. The lowest is 11% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on R E Stevenson Elementary School
R E Stevenson Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Russellville, the county seat of Logan County, Kentucky. It is a regular public school in the Russellville Independent district, a small district that sits within a largely agricultural area where manufacturing, including a large aluminum plant and producers of pet food and plastics, anchors the local economy. The school itself is located on North Main Street, a short distance from the historic downtown square with the Logan County courthouse, the annual Tobacco and Heritage Festival, and a branch of the Logan County Public Library. Russellville is growing slowly and steadily, with an estimated population increase since the 2020 census, and the housing market in the area shows home values that are lower than the national median, reflecting a modest cost of living.
R E Stevenson Elementary enrolls a student body that is majority White, with a substantial Hispanic population, a notable Black population, and a sizable share of students identified as two or more races. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of the economic context families here navigate. The school is the only elementary in its district, which means the community of families with young children funnels through this one building, creating a single, centralized elementary experience for the district.
On state assessments, the school’s proficiency rates across tested grades and subjects are materially below the midpoints seen among Logan County districts. In English language arts, the share of students scoring proficient or above was in the twenties across grades three through five. In math, those figures were lower, with the fourth-grade rate particularly weak. Science proficiency, tested in grade four, and social studies proficiency, tested in grade five, were also below typical county levels. A parent considering this school will want to look into what academic supports and interventions are in place, especially given that the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Logan County. The school does not serve high school grades, so there are no graduation rate data to consider.
The data does not include information on special education or English learner populations, chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, or staffing. Those are gaps a parent may want to raise directly with the school. The district’s improvement planning pages and school board information are publicly available, which can give a sense of current priorities and initiatives. The school environment information is thin overall, so a visit and a conversation with the principal or a classroom teacher would be especially useful for a family trying to understand the day-to-day experience here.
This is a small-town elementary school in a community with a strong manufacturing base and a modest housing market, where a large majority of students come from lower-income households. State test results are an area of concern, and a family weighing this school will want to dig into the specific academic programs and supports the school offers, as the available data does not describe them. The school’s role as the sole elementary in a small independent district means the elementary experience here is the defining one for its young students, with the high school years handled separately by the district’s secondary school.
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