Summary:
Corbin Independent has eight schools: three elementary, one middle, two high, and two alternative schools, serving students from elementary through high school. Its regular schools show broadly strong results compared with state proficiency rates. Most importantly, in 2025–2026, 32 of 34 reported school-grade-subject results were above the state rate, with an average advantage of about 21 percentage points.
Corbin Middle School stands out for consistently high results: it exceeded the state in all ten reported results, by 18 to 34 points, and SchoolDigger ranked it 10th of 326 schools, in the 97th percentile with five stars. Corbin Elementary School had the strongest reported elementary math scores, with 73% proficient in grade 4 and 77% in grade 5—30 and 34 points above state rates—and a five-star SchoolDigger ranking of 18th of 684. Corbin High School exceeded the state in all six reported subjects and had a 100% graduation rate versus 94% statewide, but chronic absenteeism was 29%, above the state’s 24%. The Corbin School of Innovation had a mixed profile: its grade 11 scores trailed Corbin High by 12 to 32 points in shared subjects, while its grade 10 reading and grade 11 social studies results improved substantially.
Results changed unevenly rather than showing a clear districtwide rise or decline: across 26 matching comparisons at the four regular schools, the average school-to-state margin shifted by just −0.2 points. Notable exceptions include a 13-point drop in Corbin Middle School grade 8 reading and a 19-point rise in the School of Innovation grade 10 reading. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares at the four regular schools ranged from 51% to 58% in 2024–2025; those figures are context, not an explanation for school results. Student-teacher ratios also vary, from 14.7 at Corbin Elementary to 17.5 at Corbin Middle. Some schools have no numeric current test results supplied, so a complete school-to-school comparison is not possible.
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