Summary:
ZIP code 41101 has four K–5 elementary schools in Ashland Independent, with Kentucky Summative Assessment results available for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. The most important takeaway for families is that results vary sharply by grade and subject, so no single school stands out as the strongest across the board.
Oakview Elementary School leads in average reading: 55% proficient across its reported grades, compared with 50% for the matched state grades. Hager Elementary School leads the available math results, averaging 53% versus 43% for the state grades represented. Crabbe Elementary School is a standout in fifth-grade writing at 79%, 44 points above the state’s 35%, while Charles Russell Elementary School is lowest in that grade at 17%, 18 points below the state. Crabbe’s high writing score sits alongside lower reading and math averages; Oakview, despite its reading lead, has the group’s lowest fifth-grade math and social studies results. SchoolDigger’s latest percentile is lowest for Charles Russell at 28, compared with 51 for Crabbe, 58 for Hager, and 59 for Oakview.
Results relative to the state shifted in mixed directions: the area’s writing advantage narrowed from 15 to 11 points, science moved from 6 points below to 1 above, and social studies fell farther behind, from 1 point below to 8 below. Over three years, SchoolDigger’s percentile rose 13 points for Crabbe, slipped 16 for Charles Russell, and edged up 1 for Hager and 3 for Oakview. Other measures offer context, not explanations: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 57% at Hager to 85% at Crabbe, while Oakview’s student-teacher ratio was 11.1. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 34% at Crabbe versus 24% statewide, while Hager and Oakview were at 15% and 17%. Some math scores were suppressed, so school averages include only reported results.
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