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Cannonsburg Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
377th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 684 Kentucky Elementary Schools
Better than 45% of Kentucky elementary schools
Summary

Cannonsburg Elementary School is a 272-student school serving grades K–5 in Ashland, Boyd County. Its latest results show both clear strengths and areas that need attention: fifth-grade writing and fourth-grade reading stand out, while editing and mechanics, fourth-grade math, and fifth-grade reading are weaker. The most important takeaway is that achievement varies considerably by subject and grade, rather than being consistently strong or weak.

Writing and fourth-grade reading compare favorably with district, state, and nearby results. Fifth-grade writing proficiency was 51%, compared with 25% in Boyd County and 35% statewide; the average among nearby schools with reported scores was 37%. Fourth-grade reading was 62%, above the district’s 52% and the state’s 50%, and above the nearby-school average of 51%. The contrast is clear in other results: editing and mechanics was 32%, below the district’s 51% and the state’s 48%, and second-lowest among nearby schools with scores. Fourth-grade math was 36%, compared with 43% in both the district and state, while fifth-grade reading was 35%, below the district’s 43% and the state’s 51%. Some nearby-school scores were not reported, so those comparisons use only available results.

Results have improved in some areas over time, but not across the board: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, fourth-grade science rose 18 points and fifth-grade writing rose 29 points, while fourth-grade math fell 7 points and fifth-grade editing and mechanics fell 2. SchoolDigger ranks Cannonsburg 377th of 684 Kentucky schools, at the 45th percentile with 2 stars; its percentile rose from 12 in 2021–2022 but has stayed at 45 for the past two years. Attendance is a positive trend: chronic absenteeism declined 18 points from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026 and is now 21%, versus 28% in the district and 24% statewide. The student-teacher ratio is 11.5:1, below the nearby-school average of 13.2:1. In 2024–2025, 67% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, close to the nearby-school average of 66%. SchoolDigger’s 72nd-percentile ranking for Special Education Students is notably higher than the school’s overall 45th-percentile standing, a positive current indicator of how well it serves that group.

272
Students ?
11.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,430
Per pupil spending ?
66.5%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 12219 Midland Trail Rd
       Ashland, KY  41102

(606) 928-7131

District: Boyd County


Students who attend Cannonsburg Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Boyd County Middle School
High:    Boyd County High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
90.8%
Two or more races:
5.9%
African American:
1.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 45th percentile in 2015 → 45th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Editing and Mechanics scores 16 pts below the Kentucky average
!Near the bottom of Boyd County's ranking
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school43%
District avg41%
Kentucky avg44%
377th of 684
Kentucky public elementary schools ?
Bottom 45%▲ up 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 37% (2016) to bottom 45% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 4Elementary Schools in the Boyd County
86th of 158Boyd 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202645.6377 of 68444.9%★★☆☆☆
202545.6375 of 68545.3%★★☆☆☆
202435.4457 of 68533.3%★★☆☆☆
202322.4551 of 68719.8%★☆☆☆☆
202216.9599 of 68412.4%★☆☆☆☆
201932.2538 of 70023.1%★☆☆☆☆
201851.8338 of 69151.1%★★★☆☆
201739.9460 of 69433.7%★★☆☆☆
201641.3437 of 69036.7%★★☆☆☆
201548.6383 of 69845.1%★★☆☆☆
201456.6298 of 70557.7%★★★☆☆
201337.0511 of 71928.9%★☆☆☆☆
201234.4506 of 71329.0%★☆☆☆☆
201142.4441 of 68835.9%★★☆☆☆
201047.2402 of 68341.1%★★☆☆☆
200928.5516 of 65821.6%★☆☆☆☆
200828.7503 of 65122.7%★☆☆☆☆
200719.5561 of 63812.1%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202219.7188 of 2068.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.2322 of 47432.1%★★☆☆☆
201872.577 of 44582.7%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202643.7380 of 65742.2%★★☆☆☆
202542.7390 of 64839.8%★★☆☆☆
202456.5263 of 64459.2%★★★☆☆
202345.2341 of 63946.6%★★☆☆☆
202224.9510 of 64120.4%★☆☆☆☆
201936.0496 of 67126.1%★☆☆☆☆
201847.7366 of 66344.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202640.2406 of 67439.8%★★☆☆☆
202553.9281 of 67258.2%★★★☆☆
202431.4482 of 66527.5%★☆☆☆☆
202313.1629 of 6706.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.1593 of 66711.1%★☆☆☆☆
201939.2438 of 66434.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202640.1396 of 65139.2%★★☆☆☆
202545.4353 of 65345.9%★★☆☆☆
202424.9508 of 65222.1%★☆☆☆☆
202311.9616 of 6525.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.0607 of 6577.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201929.4539 of 67620.3%★☆☆☆☆
201854.2303 of 66554.4%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202656.987 of 31472.3%★★★★☆
202537.1192 of 30637.3%★★☆☆☆
202436.7179 of 27935.8%★★☆☆☆
202320.3234 of 2578.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.4485 of 66126.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202639.2413 of 65036.5%★★☆☆☆
202539.7401 of 65939.2%★★☆☆☆
202427.4502 of 65923.8%★☆☆☆☆
202315.5602 of 6588.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.1608 of 6567.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.6518 of 59212.5%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2026)72nd percentile+27 vs school
Female (2026)42nd percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)40th percentile-5 vs school
Male (2026)39th percentile-6 vs school
White (2026)36th percentile-8 vs school
Disabled (2022)9th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2025-2026) ?
Writing51%+16 vs state
Reading46%-4 vs state
Science46%+6 vs state
Mathematics38%-4 vs state
Editing and Mechanics32%-16 vs state

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by a citizen
Friday, February 14, 2020

Open Quote A friend of mine that went to this school who's Autistic was denied help that would have addressed her special needs, with the teacher Ms. Patton dismissing it as special treatment when the friend in question in fact had legitimate needs. Because of that along with the bullying and stress she went through, my friend had to be homeschooled for good and has no diploma which would have helped her greatly.
I'm hoping this school learns from their mistakes to hold teachers like this accountable instead of sweeping it under the rug. Close Quote





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Cannonsburg Elementary School ranks 377th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 272 students attended Cannonsburg Elementary School.

Students who attend Cannonsburg Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Boyd County Middle School
High : Boyd County High School

Students at Cannonsburg Elementary School are 91% White, 6% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% Hispanic.

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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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