Summary:
Leitchfield, Kentucky, has five schools serving students from preschool through high school, including two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school and an alternative school. In 2025–2026, the clearest difference is between the two elementary schools: Oran P Lawler Elementary School averaged 52% proficient across matched test results, compared with 32% at H W Wilkey Elementary School and 44% statewide.
Oran P Lawler stands out among the elementary schools: it led H W Wilkey in all six subject averages, by 3 points in social studies to 29 in writing, and was 8 points above the state on its overall matched-grade average. H W Wilkey was 12 points below the state overall and below it in all six subjects, with the largest gaps in writing (21 points) and science (18). Grayson County Middle School had notable eighth-grade results: 78% proficient in writing versus 48% statewide, and 64% in editing and mechanics versus 42%. Grayson County High School had a more mixed profile, including an 18-point advantage in writing but results 2 points below the state in science and editing.
Results changed differently by school: the middle school’s average across supplied test results fell 8 points, from 57 to 49, while both elementary schools rose 2 points; the high school’s average stayed at 42. Across all 36 comparable test results, the area’s average lead over the state narrowed from 2 points to 1. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings place the middle school at the 71st percentile, Lawler at the 69th, the high school at the 61st and Wilkey at the 21st. As context, in 2024–2025 the schools’ student-teacher ratios were 16.6 at Lawler and 17.2 at Wilkey; free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 59% and 73%, respectively. The alternative school has no test scores in the supplied data, so its academic results cannot be compared here.
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