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Hearn Elementary

Public Grades 1-5
331st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 684 Kentucky Elementary Schools
Better than 52% of Kentucky elementary schools
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.

476
Students ?
14.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,848
Per pupil spending ?
59.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 300 Copperleaf Blvd
       Frankfort, KY  40601

(502) 695-6760

District: Franklin County


Students who attend Hearn Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Elkhorn Middle School
High:    Franklin County High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
60.3%
Hispanic:
14.7%
African American:
12.8%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 25th percentile in 2016 → 52nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 27 percentile points since 2016
✓Above the Kentucky median (52nd percentile)
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school45%
District avg43%
Kentucky avg44%
331st of 684
Kentucky public elementary schools ?
Top 48%▲ up 27 pts since 2016
From bottom 25% (2016) to top 48% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 6Elementary Schools in the Franklin County
96th of 158Franklin 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
202651.3331 of 68451.6%★★★☆☆
202532.9481 of 68529.8%★★☆☆☆
202427.4520 of 68524.1%★☆☆☆☆
202334.0461 of 68732.9%★★☆☆☆
202228.7502 of 68426.6%★☆☆☆☆
202125.1416 of 51719.5%★☆☆☆☆
201930.3554 of 70020.9%★☆☆☆☆
201825.3574 of 69116.9%★☆☆☆☆
201739.1470 of 69432.3%★★☆☆☆
201633.5517 of 69025.1%★☆☆☆☆
201541.6445 of 69836.2%★★☆☆☆
201452.3333 of 70552.8%★★★☆☆
201339.1484 of 71932.7%★★☆☆☆
201248.3375 of 71347.4%★★☆☆☆
201137.6481 of 68830.1%★★☆☆☆
201025.7565 of 68317.3%★☆☆☆☆
200935.3468 of 65828.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202653.459 of 15060.7%★★★☆☆
202544.869 of 14251.4%★★★☆☆
202450.658 of 14058.6%★★★☆☆
201937.4122 of 18534.1%★★☆☆☆
201846.596 of 18447.8%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201926.0369 of 47422.2%★☆☆☆☆
201823.0375 of 44515.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202657.721 of 6567.7%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202647.2349 of 65746.9%★★☆☆☆
202528.7491 of 64824.2%★☆☆☆☆
202429.1487 of 64424.4%★☆☆☆☆
202346.3329 of 63948.5%★★☆☆☆
202240.5383 of 64140.2%★★☆☆☆
202118.4289 of 3127.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.9582 of 67113.3%★☆☆☆☆
201824.0565 of 66314.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202642.793 of 16844.6%★★☆☆☆
202547.383 of 16850.6%★★★☆☆
202446.069 of 13548.9%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202651.6315 of 67453.3%★★★☆☆
202531.9487 of 67227.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.5502 of 66524.5%★☆☆☆☆
202336.7426 of 67036.4%★★☆☆☆
202213.9622 of 6676.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.3585 of 66411.9%★☆☆☆☆
201811.0610 of 6313.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202651.7296 of 65154.5%★★★☆☆
202536.8427 of 65334.6%★★☆☆☆
202427.0497 of 65223.8%★☆☆☆☆
202321.5529 of 65218.9%★☆☆☆☆
202219.5555 of 65715.5%★☆☆☆☆
202124.5280 of 32513.8%★☆☆☆☆
201940.5448 of 67633.7%★★☆☆☆
201828.2535 of 66519.5%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202671.615 of 6777.6%★★★★☆
202253.419 of 4355.8%★★★☆☆
201922.051 of 5812.1%★☆☆☆☆
201825.053 of 5910.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202631.2232 of 31426.1%★☆☆☆☆
202524.4265 of 30613.4%★☆☆☆☆
20248.0279 of 2790.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201930.3518 of 66121.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202657.9245 of 65062.3%★★★☆☆
202532.0458 of 65930.5%★★☆☆☆
202424.5528 of 65919.9%★☆☆☆☆
202332.6452 of 65831.3%★★☆☆☆
202232.4450 of 65631.4%★★☆☆☆
202131.7255 of 33724.3%★☆☆☆☆
201940.2383 of 59235.3%★★☆☆☆
201829.8470 of 59320.7%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Multi-racial (2026)78th percentile+26 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)68th percentile+16 vs school
White (2026)62nd percentile+11 vs school
African American (2026)61st percentile+9 vs school
Male (2026)55th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)53rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)47th percentile-5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)45th percentile-7 vs school
Special Education (2026)26th percentile-25 vs school
Disabled (2019)22nd percentile~ school
By subject vs Kentucky (2025-2026) ?
Editing and Mechanics52%+4 vs state
Reading51%~ state avg
Mathematics47%+4 vs state
Science38%~ state avg
Social Studies38%~ state avg
Writing28%-7 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 476 students attended Hearn Elementary.

Hearn Elementary ranks 331st of 684 Kentucky elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Hearn Elementary are 60% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% African American, 10% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Hearn Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Elkhorn Middle School
High : Franklin County High School

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2024–25 school spending dataNewOct 15, 2026
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2025–26 KSA test scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 KSA test scoresOct 30, 2025


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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