Taylor County Elementary School, Campbellsville KY

Original Research by School Decision on Taylor County Elementary School

Taylor County Elementary School is a regular public school in Campbellsville, Kentucky, serving third through fifth grade as part of the Taylor County district. It is not a charter or magnet school. The school sits on East Broadway, in a city that is the county seat of Taylor County and hosts a mix of historic downtown commerce, a private university, a regional hospital, and light manufacturing. Campbellsville has seen modest population growth in recent years, with top employers including the university, the hospital, and an Amazon fulfillment center. The city has two separate school districts: the Taylor County system and the Campbellsville Independent system.

The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and a very small share of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty school population. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source materials.

On the most recent state assessments in math, third graders showed proficiency at a rate of about half, fourth graders at a rate just under half, and fifth graders at a rate of two-fifths. In English language arts, third graders were at half, fourth graders were just under half, and fifth graders were at just under three-fifths. For science, the only tested grade was fourth, where slightly more than two-fifths were proficient. In social studies, tested in fifth grade, just under half were proficient. These results reflect the Kentucky Summative Assessment, using the state’s proficiency levels three and four. Compared to other schools in Taylor County, the school’s overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades ranked in the top quartile. The county has only two districts, so this comparison is a narrow one.

Because this is an elementary school serving grades three through five only, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not offer high school coursework, AP, dual-credit, or career pathways, which is typical for its grade band. No information was available on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, course access, staffing ratios, or attendance. A parent interested in those areas would need to follow up with the school or district for details.

The Taylor County district did not provide information on recent changes or strategic initiatives in the source materials, so that section is left open rather than guessed at. The school itself appears to be a straightforward grade-three-through-five building in a small city with a mix of industrial, university, and healthcare employment, serving a student body that is economically diverse in the sense that most families qualify for income-based meal assistance. For a family weighing this school, the main academic picture is one of moderate proficiency rates that are above the average among the very small set of other local schools, with the highest performance in fifth-grade English language arts.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 349%

School 49% · District 49%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 2 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Science

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 9 pts above state median

This schoolTaylor 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-income50%Higher-income50%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income46%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income73%Higher-income58%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income49%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income45%Higher-income39%6 pp gap