Summary:
Elizabethtown has 17 schools across elementary, middle, high school and alternative settings, with test results allowing comparisons among six elementary schools, three middle schools and two conventional high schools. The results vary notably by school and subject: the elementary group averages 44%, close to the matched state average of 44%, while the middle and high school groups average 48% and 53%, respectively, compared with 42% and 39% statewide. Most important, elementary results are uneven, and writing is a clear shared weakness: the six-school average is 28%, versus 35% for the state.
Lincoln Trail Elementary School leads the tested elementary schools, averaging 55%, while New Highland Elementary School is lowest at 31%—a 24-point gap; New Highland is below the state in every listed subject. In middle school, East Hardin Middle School leads at 55%, ahead of Bluegrass Middle School at 41%. Elizabethtown High School averages 54%, slightly above John Hardin High School at 52%; both are well above the state’s 39%. SchoolDigger ranks Elizabethtown High 23rd of 262 schools, in the 91st percentile, with five stars; John Hardin ranks 34th, in the 87th percentile, with four stars.
Across the two available score years, the elementary average fell from 47% to 44%, while the middle average rose from 47% to 48% and the high school average from 51% to 53%. These comparisons are between different grade-level cohorts, not the same students over time. Other measures offer context, not explanations: Lincoln Trail reports 41% free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, compared with 63% at New Highland; East Hardin reports 33%, versus 56% at Bluegrass. East Hardin also has a higher student-teacher ratio—18.0:1 compared with 15.3:1—despite its stronger average. SchoolDigger’s percentile for Elizabethtown High rose from 74th in 2023–24 to 91st in 2025–26, while New Highland’s fell from 37th to 17th. Alternative-school test coverage is too limited for comparable school-wide averages.
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