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Fulton County Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
519th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 684 Kentucky Elementary Schools
Better than 24% of Kentucky elementary schools
Summary

Fulton County Elementary in Hickman, Kentucky, serves pre-K through grade 5 and enrolls 314 students; the only nearby comparison provided is Hickman County Elementary School, 11.67 miles away. The school’s latest test results are generally below state and nearby-school results, with fifth-grade math the clearest concern: 17% of students were proficient, compared with 43% statewide and 52% at the nearby school.

In the supplied test results, the school matched its district, Fulton County, in every subject, but was below the state in six of seven subject areas. Its math average across grades 3–5 was 28% proficient, versus 43% statewide, and its reading average was 41%, versus 50%. Compared with the nearby school, its average math and reading results were also lower: 28% versus 41% in math and 41% versus 56% in reading. The pattern is not uniformly weaker: Fulton County Elementary was ahead in third-grade math (38% versus 30%), and fifth-grade science was nearly even (43% versus 42%). It also had higher fifth-grade writing results than the nearby school (9% versus 31%), though both were below the 35% state rate.

Results have moved in different directions over time: fourth-grade science rose from 23% in 2022–2023 to 43% in 2025–2026, and fifth-grade social studies rose from 16% to 33%; meanwhile, fifth-grade math fell from 27% to 17%, and writing from 25% to 9%. SchoolDigger gives the school a 1-star rating and a 24th-percentile rank for 2025–2026, up from the 15th percentile the year before; Hickman County Elementary School is at the 56th percentile with 3 stars. SchoolDigger also ranked the district at the 12th percentile, compared with the 80th percentile for Hickman County. As context, 75% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.9. SchoolDigger’s 2024–2025 statewide effectiveness ranking for African American students was at the 39th percentile, above the school’s overall 15th-percentile rank that year; the group’s ranking had fallen from the 77th percentile in 2017–2018.

314
Students ?
13.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,109
Per pupil spending ?
75.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 2750 Moscow Ave
       Hickman, KY  42050

(270) 236-3923

District: Fulton County


Students who attend Fulton County Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Fulton County Middle School
High:    Fulton County High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
58.9%
African American:
29.9%
Two or more races:
8.9%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 18th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kentucky average (33% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school33%
District avg33%
Kentucky avg44%
519th of 684
Kentucky public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 32% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
139th of 158Fulton 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
202627.8519 of 68424.1%★☆☆☆☆
202518.8579 of 68515.5%★☆☆☆☆
202423.7546 of 68520.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.5556 of 68719.1%★☆☆☆☆
202224.6531 of 68422.4%★☆☆☆☆
201915.2627 of 70010.4%★☆☆☆☆
201846.2391 of 69143.4%★★☆☆☆
201722.9584 of 69415.9%★☆☆☆☆
201637.9469 of 69032.0%★★☆☆☆
201525.5575 of 69817.6%★☆☆☆☆
201429.0554 of 70521.4%★☆☆☆☆
201327.9579 of 71919.5%★☆☆☆☆
201222.2615 of 71313.7%★☆☆☆☆
201121.6592 of 68814.0%★☆☆☆☆
201045.1424 of 68337.9%★★☆☆☆
200927.1524 of 65820.4%★☆☆☆☆
200814.0601 of 6517.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200711.9600 of 6386.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202535.487 of 14238.7%★★☆☆☆
201866.043 of 18476.6%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201815.5428 of 4453.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202628.9496 of 65724.5%★☆☆☆☆
202516.8562 of 64813.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.5546 of 64415.2%★☆☆☆☆
202316.9576 of 6399.9%★☆☆☆☆
202217.4565 of 64111.9%★☆☆☆☆
201918.8597 of 67111.0%★☆☆☆☆
201848.2361 of 66345.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202635.9444 of 67434.1%★★☆☆☆
202523.7544 of 67219.0%★☆☆☆☆
202427.7511 of 66523.2%★☆☆☆☆
202326.4523 of 67021.9%★☆☆☆☆
202229.8490 of 66726.5%★☆☆☆☆
20197.6644 of 6643.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201849.4318 of 63149.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202626.9509 of 65121.8%★☆☆☆☆
202528.6486 of 65325.6%★☆☆☆☆
202431.7467 of 65228.4%★☆☆☆☆
202326.3497 of 65223.8%★☆☆☆☆
202228.0491 of 65725.3%★☆☆☆☆
201914.0619 of 6768.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201842.5413 of 66537.9%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201915.6585 of 66111.5%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202625.7508 of 65021.8%★☆☆☆☆
202526.8506 of 65923.2%★☆☆☆☆
202436.6418 of 65936.6%★★☆☆☆
202329.4482 of 65826.7%★☆☆☆☆
202232.3453 of 65630.9%★★☆☆☆
201922.2507 of 59214.4%★☆☆☆☆
201858.8229 of 59361.4%★★★☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201867.880 of 32275.2%★★★★☆
201726.6272 of 33017.6%★☆☆☆☆
201644.1187 of 33143.5%★★☆☆☆
201526.6274 of 33718.7%★☆☆☆☆
201429.0265 of 33520.9%★☆☆☆☆
201348.2183 of 33545.4%★★☆☆☆
201238.3211 of 31933.9%★★☆☆☆
201137.0213 of 30429.9%★★☆☆☆
201042.0184 of 29938.5%★★☆☆☆
200919.5254 of 28912.1%★☆☆☆☆
200818.5251 of 28712.5%★☆☆☆☆
20077.5274 of 2843.5%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
African American (2025)39th percentile+23 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+10 vs school
Female (2026)25th percentile~ school
White (2026)22nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)22nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2019)11th percentile~ school
Disabled (2018)4th percentile-40 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2025-2026) ?
Science43%+3 vs state
Reading41%-9 vs state
Editing and Mechanics37%-11 vs state
Social Studies33%-5 vs state
Mathematics28%-15 vs state
Writing9%-26 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Fulton County Elementary

Students at Fulton County Elementary are 59% White, 30% African American, 9% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

Fulton County Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.1% of Kentucky elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 314 students attended Fulton County Elementary.

Students who attend Fulton County Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fulton County Middle School
High : Fulton County High School

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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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