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Lone Jack School Center

Public Grades PK, KG-8
471st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 685 Kentucky Elementary Schools
Better than 31% of Kentucky elementary schools
Summary

Lone Jack School Center is an elementary school located in Fourmile, Kentucky, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 217 students. It is part of the Bell County School District, which is ranked 35 out of 157 districts in Kentucky and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lone Jack School Center has consistently underperformed compared to the Bell County and Kentucky state averages on standardized tests across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics ranged from 25% to 56%, while the Bell County and Kentucky averages were 44% and 43% respectively. Similarly, in Reading, Lone Jack's proficiency rates ranged from 43% to 68%, compared to 48% to 63% for Bell County and 47% to 52% for the state. The school has also experienced relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 0.0% to 1.8% in recent years, and high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching as high as 42.2% in the 2024-2025 school year.

When compared to other schools in the same district and nearby districts, Lone Jack School Center consistently underperforms. For instance, Yellow Creek School Center, which is 12.19 miles away, outperforms Lone Jack School Center across various academic measures, including Mathematics, Reading, and Science. Additionally, Lone Jack School Center has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 85.25% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. This socioeconomic factor likely contributes to the school's academic challenges and high rates of chronic absenteeism.

196
Students ?
13.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$33,320
Per pupil spending ?
82.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 101 Creech Hollow Road
       Fourmile, KY  40939

(606) 337-9461

District: Bell County


Students who attend Lone Jack School Center usually attend:

High:    Bell County High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
98.5%
Hispanic:
0.5%
American Indian:
0.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2014 → 31st in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 23 percentile points since 2014
Worth a look
!High chronic absenteeism (42% vs 25% Kentucky)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Social Studies scores 10 pts below the Kentucky average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school46%
District avg50%
Kentucky avg44%
Elementary school
471st of 685
Kentucky public elementary schools ?
Bottom 31%▲ up 11 pts since 2015
From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
81st of 320
Kentucky public middle schools ?
Top 25%▲ up 48 pts since 2015
From bottom 27% (2015) to top 25% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Kentucky Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 6Elementary Schools in the Bell County
35th of 157Bell County among Kentucky districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202533.9471 of 68531.2%★★☆☆☆
202426.2529 of 68522.8%★☆☆☆☆
202319.8573 of 68716.6%★☆☆☆☆
202223.0546 of 68420.2%★☆☆☆☆
201942.0457 of 70034.7%★★☆☆☆
201854.5317 of 69154.1%★★★☆☆
201760.5253 of 69463.5%★★★☆☆
201635.4502 of 69027.2%★☆☆☆☆
201527.6559 of 69819.9%★☆☆☆☆
201415.2652 of 7057.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201322.1632 of 71912.1%★☆☆☆☆
201230.6549 of 71323.0%★☆☆☆☆
201139.9464 of 68832.6%★★☆☆☆
201036.9490 of 68328.3%★☆☆☆☆
200940.9432 of 65834.3%★★☆☆☆
200845.4384 of 65141.0%★★☆☆☆
200721.8538 of 63815.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202513.7584 of 6489.9%★☆☆☆☆
201867.1175 of 66373.6%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202547.6338 of 67249.7%★★☆☆☆
202436.0447 of 66532.8%★★☆☆☆
202325.6530 of 67020.9%★☆☆☆☆
202232.1474 of 66728.9%★☆☆☆☆
201912.5626 of 6645.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202562.7205 of 65368.6%★★★☆☆
202453.8276 of 65257.7%★★★☆☆
202328.4482 of 65226.1%★☆☆☆☆
20195.7661 of 6762.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201850.2346 of 66548.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20196.5637 of 6613.6%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202527.0505 of 65923.4%★☆☆☆☆
202419.9565 of 65914.3%★☆☆☆☆
202315.1605 of 6588.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.7580 of 65611.6%★☆☆☆☆
201918.3523 of 59211.7%★☆☆☆☆
201839.5379 of 59336.1%★★☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202570.481 of 32074.7%★★★★☆
202464.993 of 32471.3%★★★★☆
202336.6206 of 32737.0%★★☆☆☆
202224.6245 of 32023.4%★☆☆☆☆
201973.461 of 33581.8%★★★★☆
201847.2170 of 32247.2%★★☆☆☆
201747.6168 of 33049.1%★★☆☆☆
201628.9265 of 33119.9%★☆☆☆☆
201534.2247 of 33726.7%★☆☆☆☆
201413.2308 of 3358.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201310.5310 of 3357.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201219.8287 of 31910.0%★☆☆☆☆
201123.5257 of 30415.5%★☆☆☆☆
201029.3233 of 29922.1%★☆☆☆☆
200944.9169 of 28941.5%★★☆☆☆
200844.7162 of 28743.6%★★☆☆☆
200711.4270 of 2844.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202533.3212 of 29828.9%★☆☆☆☆
202473.250 of 30083.3%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202565.689 of 31471.7%★★★★☆
202466.977 of 31175.2%★★★★☆
202346.8155 of 30949.8%★★★☆☆
202227.2237 of 31023.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202480.132 of 30489.5%★★★★☆
202336.7194 of 30736.8%★★☆☆☆
201850.5133 of 29354.6%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202564.799 of 31468.5%★★★☆☆
202460.5105 of 31666.8%★★★☆☆
202332.4224 of 32030.0%★★☆☆☆
202219.3264 of 31415.9%★☆☆☆☆
201960.493 of 26665.0%★★★☆☆
201840.3160 of 25336.8%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Male (2025)69th percentile+37 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)50th percentile+18 vs school
White (2025)23rd percentile-8 vs school
Female (2025)10th percentile-21 vs school
Special Education (2019)4th percentile-31 vs school
Middle school
Male (2024)89th percentile+18 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)72nd percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)68th percentile-6 vs school
Female (2025)29th percentile-46 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?
Writing69%+26 vs state
Reading54%+6 vs state
Editing and Mechanics44%-4 vs state
Science40%+6 vs state
Mathematics36%-7 vs state
Social Studies28%-10 vs state

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Lone Jack School Center ranks 471st of 685 Kentucky elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 196 students attended Lone Jack School Center.

Students who attend Lone Jack School Center usually go on to attend:

High : Bell County High School

Students at Lone Jack School Center are 98% White.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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