Summary
Hearn Elementary in Frankfort, Kentucky, serves 476 students in grades 1–5 in the Franklin County area. Its recent test results show meaningful improvement in several subjects, but student performance is not equally strong across grades and subjects. The most important concern is fifth grade: just 35% of students were proficient in math and 28% in writing in 2025–2026.
Compared with nearby schools, Hearn’s clearest strength is fifth-grade Editing and Mechanics, where 52% were proficient, versus a nearby-school average of 46% and 48% statewide; the result was also above the Franklin County district’s 45%. Writing is the clearest weakness: Hearn’s 28% was below the nearby average of 36%, the district’s 32%, and the state’s 35%. Math also varies sharply by grade: fourth-grade proficiency was 54%, above the state’s 43% and nearby schools’ 46%, while fifth-grade proficiency was 35%, 8 points below the state and 9 below the district. Third-grade reading was another bright spot at 53%, compared with 49% at nearby schools.
Hearn’s broader results have improved: its SchoolDigger statewide standing rose from the 24th percentile (1 star) in 2023–2024 to the 52nd percentile (3 stars) in 2025–2026, a gain of 28 points. Over that period, average proficiency across grades 3–5 rose 12 points in math and 11 in reading, while fifth-grade writing fell 6 points compared with 2022–2023. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 21% and the state’s 24%. In 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 14.8, toward the high end among nearby elementary schools, and 60% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch. SchoolDigger’s student-group rankings show notable variation: the school ranked at the 78th percentile for serving Multi-racial Students, compared with the 52nd overall; for Special Education Students, it ranked at the 26th percentile, though that ranking rose from the 0th percentile in 2023–2024.
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