Best Public Schools in Ary, KY

Ary, Kentucky, has one school, Robinson Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 in Perry County, so there are no other local schools to compare. The clearest overall finding is that all 17 of Robinson’s reported 2025–26 grade-and-subject proficiency results were above the matching Kentucky results.

Robinson’s strongest reported result was grade 8 writing: 88%, compared with 48% statewide and 55% in the district. Grade 7 reading was also strong at 83%, 33 percentage points above the state and 26 points above the district; grade 5 reading reached 76%, beating those benchmarks by 25 and 15 points. The lowest result was grade 8 mathematics at 42%, just 3 points above both the state and district, each at 39%. By subject, the average advantage over the state was largest in writing at 30 points and reading at 26, compared with 15 points in mathematics.

Across 10 grade-and-subject pairs with results in both years, Robinson’s average advantage over the state narrowed from 22 percentage points in 2024–25 to 19 in 2025–26. The pattern varied: grade 7 science rose from 50% to 57%, and its advantage over the state widened from 21 to 29 points. SchoolDigger ranked Robinson 70th of 684 schools, at the 90th percentile, in 2025–26, down slightly from 54th of 685 and the 92nd percentile the prior year. Attendance is a concern alongside the strong test results: chronic absenteeism was 28% at Robinson versus 24% statewide and 39% in the district. In 2024–25, the school had 278 students, a student–teacher ratio of 17.1, and 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.