Summary:
Prospect, Kentucky, has two listed elementary schools serving preschool through grade 5, with 1,225 students combined: Goshen At Hillcrest Elementary School and Norton Commons Elementary. In 2025–2026, their average proficiency across the reported results was 71% at Goshen and 58% at Norton, compared with 44% statewide. Both schools exceeded the state rate in nine of 10 comparisons, but the clearest overall finding is that Goshen led or tied Norton in every comparison.
Goshen stands out for broadly stronger results, while Norton’s results vary more by subject. Goshen led by 10–18 percentage points in math and by 6 or 16 points in third- and fifth-grade reading; the schools tied at 67% in fourth-grade reading. The largest difference was fifth-grade writing: 71% at Goshen versus 34% at Norton, a 37-point gap. Writing was Norton’s only result below the state rate, at 34% compared with 35%. Both schools also exceeded their own district results in every listed comparison—for example, third-grade math was 76% at Goshen versus 52% in Oldham County, and 60% at Norton versus 31% in Jefferson County.
Both schools’ 10-result averages rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: about 3 points at Goshen and 2 at Norton, while the state average changed by less than 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also improved over three years: Goshen moved from 52nd of 685 schools to 21st of 684, and Norton from 177th of 685 to 120th of 684. The schools have similar reported student-teacher ratios—16.9 at Goshen and 17.4 at Norton in 2024–2025—but different free/reduced lunch eligible rates that year: 9% and 27%, respectively. These measures offer context, not an explanation for test results. Only two schools are listed, so this picture describes this pair rather than every school serving Prospect students.
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