Summary:
ZIP code 40444 has two elementary schools in Lancaster and Camp Dick Robinson, both serving prekindergarten through grade 5 in Garrard County, with enrollments of 462 and 446. Across the 10 matching subject-grade results at each school, 18 of 20 were above state results, and the two-school average was 15 percentage points above the state average. The most important finding for families is that the schools have sharply different strengths: Lancaster leads in mathematics, while Camp Dick Robinson stands out in writing and several other subjects.
There is no clear all-subject winner: the equal-weight average across the 10 results was 60% at Camp Dick Robinson and 58% at Lancaster, while SchoolDigger gives both schools four stars. Lancaster’s strongest advantage is mathematics, averaging 72% across grades 3–5 compared with Camp’s 50%, a 22-point gap; Lancaster led in each grade. Camp Dick Robinson averaged 70% in reading versus Lancaster’s 65%, and its grade 5 writing result was 75% compared with Lancaster’s 20%, a 55-point difference. Camp also led in social studies by 1 point and editing and mechanics by 20 points; Lancaster led in grade 4 science by 2 points. SchoolDigger ranks Camp 110th of 684 statewide (84th percentile) and Lancaster 143rd (79th percentile).
Recent score trends differ: Lancaster’s average across the matching results rose 6 points from the prior year, while Camp Dick Robinson’s fell 2 points. Lancaster improved in seven results, held steady in one, and declined in two; Camp improved in two and declined in eight. Even so, Lancaster’s SchoolDigger rank climbed from 377th in 2023–2024 to 143rd in 2025–2026, while Camp’s stayed in a relatively steady 84th–87th percentile range. As additional context, Lancaster had a lower student-teacher ratio (13.3 versus 15.9) and higher free/reduced lunch eligible rates in 2024–2025 (79% versus 59%); these measures describe the schools, not what causes their results.
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