Summary:
Clark County has eight schools serving elementary, middle and high school grades, plus an alternative school, with 5,052 students enrolled. Across 48 reported 2025–26 school, grade and subject results, scores averaged 6 percentage points below the state benchmark; the average gap was largest in reading, at 9 points below, while writing was closest, at 1 point below. The clearest countywide finding is that results vary by school and subject, but the overall reported performance trails the state.
Shearer Elementary stands out among elementary schools: it led in grade 3 math (45%, 2 points above the state) and reading (53%, 4 points above), and in grade 4 reading and science. However, its grade 4 results were still 2 points below the state in reading and 1 point below in science. George Rogers Clark High School was above the state in grade 11 social studies by 6 points, editing and mechanics by 8, and science by 3. Robert D. Campbell Junior High reached 53% in grade 8 editing and mechanics, 11 points above the state. At the lower end, Cardinal Innovation Center was 21 points below Campbell in grade 7 math and 32 below Baker in grade 6 reading. Conkwright had the lowest elementary grade 4 reading and science results.
Across 40 results with year-to-year matches, the average school–state gap narrowed by about 1 point from 2024–25 to 2025–26. Shearer narrowed its average gap by 3 points per result and Campbell by 2, while Justice moved about 1 point farther from the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose from 42 to 65 for Clark and from 28 to 50 for Shearer. All schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25; rates ranged from 53% to 79%, including 70% at Shearer and 72% at Conkwright—context, not an explanation for results. Cardinal enrolls 19 students and is an alternative school, so its profile differs from those of other schools.
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