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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Highland Elementary School right now?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Reading
49.7%
State avg 47.9%
District avg 50.8%
County avg 46.4%
District avg 50.8%
County avg 46.4%
Test scores
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KSA (K-PREP), SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient/Distinguished.Mathematics
44.3%
State avg 42.8%
District avg 45.3%
County avg 43.8%
District avg 45.3%
County avg 43.8%
Science
38.0%
State avg 33.1%
District avg 36.0%
County avg 32.1%
District avg 36.0%
County avg 32.1%
Social Studies
30.0%
State avg 38.6%
District avg 34.4%
County avg 35.6%
District avg 34.4%
County avg 35.6%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 44 of 100 do math at grade level, about 38 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 30 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48, 43, 33, and 39.
Rank: Highland Elementary School places #368 of 669 Kentucky elementary schools, and #7 of 10 in Barren County for state test proficiency.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
1-year history
All grades, all students. Highland Kentucky avgReading
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 49.7% | 50.8% | 46.4% | 47.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 44.3% | 45.3% | 43.8% | 42.8% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 38.0% | 36.0% | 32.1% | 33.1% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 30.0% | 34.4% | 35.6% | 38.6% |
Recent discussions
From the Highland Elementary School community.How to read these scores
What is KSA (K-PREP)?
KSA (K-PREP) is the statewide standardized test administered by Kentucky public schools.
What does "% Proficient/Distinguished" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 49.7% mean for Reading at Highland Elementary School?
It means about 49.7 percent of students tested at Highland Elementary School performed at grade level or above on the KSA (K-PREP) Reading test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Kentucky that year was 47.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Kentucky, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Kentucky Department of Education, Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA / K-PREP). School-level All Students subgroup from the KDE Open House supplemental datasets. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient + Distinguished" rate (top 2 of 4 KSA levels: Novice / Apprentice / Proficient / Distinguished).
How often is it updated?
KSA (K-PREP) is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.