Summary:
Clarkson, Kentucky, has one listed school, Clarkson Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 642 students. With no other listed local schools, families have no within-city school-to-school comparison. The most important concern is that proficiency fell across several subjects from the prior year, even as some current results remain above Kentucky averages.
The school’s strongest state comparison is grade 4 math: 55% of students were proficient, 12 percentage points above the state’s 43%. Its unweighted averages across grades 3–5 were also slightly higher than state averages in math (46% versus 43%, a 3-point lead) and reading (51% versus 50%, a 1-point lead); grade 4 science was 46% versus 40%, 6 points higher. The clearest weakness is grade 5 writing, at 26% versus 35% statewide, 9 points lower. Social studies was 1 point below the state (37% versus 38%), while editing and mechanics was 2 points above (50% versus 48%). Within the school, grade 5 reading was the highest reported result at 57%, and grade 5 writing the lowest at 26%; these are different subjects, not a like-for-like comparison.
Results declined notably from 2024–25: the math average fell from 59% to 46% (13 points), the reading average from 61% to 51% (10 points), grade 5 writing by 17 points (43% to 26%), and social studies by 7 points (44% to 37%). By comparison, state math changed by less than 1 point, reading rose 1 point, and social studies was unchanged. SchoolDigger’s ranking also weakened, moving from 160 of 685 schools, 77th percentile and 4 stars in 2024–25, to 330 of 684, 52nd percentile and 3 stars in 2025–26. A positive contrast is chronic absenteeism: 18% at the school in 2025–26, versus 26% in Grayson County and 24% statewide. For context, the 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 17.2, and 64% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible.
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