Elementary Schools in Cumberland County

Cumberland County has one elementary school, Cumberland County Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 5 and enrolling 501 students. Its 2025–2026 results across the reported grade-and-subject tests averaged 42%, compared with 44% statewide, so the school remained below the state overall. The clearest area of strength was reading, while grade 5 math was the biggest concern; most importantly, the school’s overall results moved substantially closer to the state average than they were the previous year.

Because it is the only school in the county listing, there is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among local schools. Within the school’s results, grade 3 reading stood out most positively in 2025–2026: 53% proficient, 4 percentage points above Kentucky’s 49%. Grade 4 science was also above the state result, at 43% versus 40%, and the school’s average reading score across grades 3–5 was 51% compared with 50% statewide. At the lower end, grade 5 math was 32%, 11 points below the state’s 43%; grade 5 writing was 26%, 9 points below the state’s 35%.

Results improved across most measures, though not all: 8 of the 10 reported school scores increased from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. The largest gains were grade 4 math, up 14 points to 40%, and grade 5 reading, up 12 points to 51%; grade 5 math fell 2 points to 32%, and grade 4 science fell 3 points to 43%. Overall, the school’s average rose from 37% to 42%, narrowing its gap with the state from 7 points to 2. SchoolDigger rates the school 2 stars and ranks it 384th of 684 statewide (44th percentile) in 2025–2026, up from 460th of 685 (33rd percentile) the prior year. As context, 76% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 14.9 that year. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 23%, compared with 24% statewide and 29% in Cumberland County.