Summary:
Southgate, Kentucky, has one listed school, Southgate Public School, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 180 students. In 2025–2026, its results were above the state in 10 of 16 available grade-and-subject comparisons, tied in one, and below in five. Performance varied notably by grade and subject: the clearest concern is fifth-grade writing, where 12% were proficient compared with 35% statewide, a 23-point shortfall.
There is no separate school-level “top” or “bottom” in Southgate because this is the only school listed; comparisons are with state results. Within the school, third-grade math stood out positively: 73% were proficient, 30 points above the state’s 43%. Math results also varied sharply by grade, from 36% in fourth grade to 73% in third, a 37-point spread. Reading was more consistently above the state across grades three through seven; its average was 56% compared with 49% statewide, a 7-point advantage, though eighth-grade reading was 40% at both the school and state level.
Results over time were mixed rather than uniformly improving: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, third-grade math rose 25 points, while eighth-grade reading fell 22 points and eighth-grade social studies fell 14. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking improved from 466th of 685 schools (32nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 274th of 684 (60th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026; this is a relative ranking, not a proficiency-growth measure. In 2024–2025, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 9:1 and 76% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures provide context, but the single-school list does not support comparisons with similar schools.
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