Summary:
The 41124 zip code has only one school, Blaine Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 162 students. The school is located in the Lawrence County school district, which is ranked 106 out of 159 districts in Kentucky and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Blaine Elementary School appears to be a struggling school, with consistently low statewide rankings and test scores that are significantly below the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 4th-grade math proficiency rate was 25%, compared to 38% for Lawrence County and 43% for the state. Similarly, the school's 3rd-grade reading proficiency rate was 31%, compared to 47% for both Lawrence County and the state. The school has a high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 78.4% in the 2022-2023 school year, suggesting a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite the low academic performance, Blaine Elementary School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9:1 in the 2022-2023 school year, which could indicate a focus on providing more individualized attention to students. However, the school's spending per student was $22,825 in the 2018-2019 school year, which is higher than the state average. It would be interesting to further investigate the factors contributing to Blaine Elementary School's underperformance, such as resource allocation, teacher quality, or specific challenges faced by the school community.
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