Summary:
Garrard County’s five schools—three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school—enroll 2,503 students. Elementary results are stronger than state averages in every listed subject, but that advantage is uneven: the reported elementary averages are 59% in math versus 43% statewide and 64% in reading versus 50% statewide, while scores vary widely by school and subject. The most important takeaway is that strong elementary averages do not carry consistently into secondary grades: Garrard Middle School is below the state in most reported tests, while Garrard County High School is above it in grade 10 math and reading.
Lancaster Elementary School and Camp Dick Robinson Elementary School lead in different areas. Lancaster has the highest grade 3 math result, 82% compared with 43% statewide, while Camp Dick Robinson leads grade 5 writing at 75% compared with 35% statewide. Neither is strong across every subject: Lancaster’s grade 5 writing score is 20%, and Camp Dick Robinson’s grade 5 math score is 46%. Paint Lick Elementary School leads grade 5 editing and mechanics at 66%, but has the lowest reported grade 3 math score, 38%.
Recent results and school measures offer different perspectives. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, changes relative to matched state trends averaged about 1 point toward the state across the five schools, but trends differed: Lancaster and Paint Lick moved ahead, while Camp Dick Robinson and Garrard Middle moved back. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings place Camp Dick Robinson at the 84th percentile and Lancaster at the 79th, compared with the 29th for Garrard Middle; these are rankings, not proficiency scores. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible measures ranged from 57% to 79%, with a 65% average. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 10.8 to 15.9; Paint Lick had the lowest ratio, yet its results varied by subject. At Garrard County High, chronic absenteeism was 27% compared with 24% statewide, alongside a 96% graduation rate versus 94% statewide.
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