Best Public Schools in Wingo, KY

Wingo has one listed school, Wingo Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through Grade 6 with 366 students in Graves County. In 2025–2026, its average proficiency across reported grades was 66% in reading, compared with 51% statewide, and 52% in mathematics, compared with 43% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that the school’s reported results were above state averages in both subjects.

The strongest reported 2025–2026 results were Grade 4 reading at 71% and mathematics at 67%, along with Grade 5 writing at 70%. Grade 4 mathematics was 24 percentage points above the state’s 43%, while Grade 4 reading was 21 points above the state’s 50%. The lowest reported results were Grade 3 mathematics at 34%—9 points below the state’s 43%—and Grade 3 reading at 56%, still 7 points above the state’s 49%. Results vary considerably by grade: mathematics spanned 33 points from Grade 3 to Grade 4, while reading spanned 15 points among grades with reported results.

Results changed in different directions over time. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Grade 5 writing rose 24 points to 70%, social studies rose 16 points to 53%, and editing and mechanics rose 27 points to 53%; meanwhile, mathematics fell 32 points in Grade 3 and 14 points in Grade 6, and reading fell 8 points in Grade 3 and 4 points in Grade 4. Across Grades 3–6, the mathematics advantage over the state narrowed from 17 points to 9; in Grades 3 and 4 reading, it narrowed from 21 to 14 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from 173rd of 685 schools (75th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 140th of 684 (80th percentile) in 2025–2026. As context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 12.4:1 and 76% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 12%, versus 11% in the district and 24% statewide in 2025–2026. The state suppressed Grade 5 reading and Grade 4 science results, and with only one listed school there is no local school-to-school comparison.