Carlisle County

Carlisle County has three schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: an elementary school for PK–5, a middle school for grades 6–8 and a high school for grades 9–12, with 738 students combined. The clearest overall pattern in 2025–26 is that elementary and middle school test results were above state results on average, while the high school’s were below.

Carlisle County Middle School had the strongest state-relative test profile, averaging 10 points above the state across its reported tests; Carlisle County Elementary School averaged 7 points above. The middle school’s grade 8 math was 68% proficient versus 39% statewide, a 29-point advantage. The elementary school also had standout results: fourth-grade science was 63% versus 40%, and fourth-grade reading was 72% versus 50%. At the other end, Carlisle County High School averaged 3 points below the state across six tests; reading was 10 points below, writing 8 below and science 7 below. Its strong graduation rate—98%, compared with 94% statewide—offers a different part of the picture.

Recent trends diverged: elementary scores rose an average of 9 points across matched tests, while middle school scores fell an average of 7 points and high school scores rose 3. The elementary school’s SchoolDigger statewide percentile climbed from 38th in 2023–24 to 67th in 2025–26; the middle school moved from 81st to 76th, and the high school from 57th to 44th. These rankings are SchoolDigger measures, not test-score percentages. In 2024–25, student-teacher ratios were 14.1 at the elementary school, 14.4 at the middle school and 12.2 at the high school. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 59.5%, 56.6% and 54.4%, respectively; these are context, not explanations for the results. Schools test different grades, so their state-relative averages summarize different sets of tests.