Best Public Schools in Burna, KY

Burna, Kentucky, has two listed schools serving 314 students: North Livingston Elementary School covers prekindergarten through grade 6, and Livingston County Middle School serves grades 7 and 8; no high school is listed. The most important overall finding is that North Livingston’s current reported test results are closer to state benchmarks on average, while results vary notably by grade and subject.

North Livingston’s clearest standout is grade 3 reading: 57% of students were proficient, 8 points above the state’s 49%. Its weakest listed result was grade 6 math, at 26% versus 42% statewide, a 16-point gap. The middle school’s largest shortfall was grade 8 math: 19% proficient compared with 39% statewide, 20 points below. Across the available 2025–26 results, North Livingston averaged 4 points below matching state results, compared with 13 points below at the middle school; these averages cover different grades and subjects, so they are not a like-for-like school comparison.

Recent patterns differ: among the grade-and-subject results available in both years, North Livingston’s average gap improved by about 6 points, while the middle school’s worsened by about 6 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking also rose for North Livingston, from 20 in 2023–24 to 37 in 2025–26, while the middle school’s fell from 35 to 16. North Livingston had a lower 2024–25 student–teacher ratio, 12.1 versus 17.4, and a somewhat higher share of students eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25: 66% versus 63%. These figures add context for families, but do not explain the schools’ results.