Summary:
Rush has one school, Star Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 124 students. In 2025–2026, its chronic absenteeism rate was 18%, below the rates in Carter County (34%) and Kentucky (24%). Star’s clearest recent strength was 5th-grade Editing and Mechanics, with 75% proficient—27 percentage points above the state.
Star is the only local school, so it cannot be ranked against other Rush schools; its results show both a notable strength and a near-state-level low. In 2025–2026, 5th-grade Editing and Mechanics was 75%, compared with 48% statewide and 52% in the district. At the lower end, 4th-grade Mathematics was 42%, just 1 point below Kentucky’s 43%. Fifth-grade Social Studies was 38%, matching the state and 1 point above the district.
Results changed in different directions by grade and subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, 5th-grade Editing and Mechanics rose 31 points, from 44% to 75%, while 4th-grade Mathematics fell 25 points, from 67% to 42%. Fifth-grade Mathematics increased 12 points, and 3rd-grade Reading rose 6 points to 65%, 16 points above the state. Across grades 4 and 5, Star’s average Mathematics advantage over the state narrowed from 12 points to 6. SchoolDigger gave Star four stars in all three years shown; its statewide percentile was 88th, then 74th, then 75th. The school’s student-teacher ratio was 15.4 in 2024–2025, and 51% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Available results do not support comparisons with other Rush schools.
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