Summary:
Zip code 41168 has one elementary school, Star Elementary School, serving PK–5 and enrolling 124 students in Carter County. Its latest KSA results cover five grade-and-subject combinations, so families can compare them with district and state results, but not with another local school. The clearest finding is that Star scored above the state in four of the five reported comparisons, led by Grade 5 Editing and Mechanics: 75%, versus 48% statewide.
Grade 5 Editing and Mechanics stands out most: Star was 27 percentage points above the state and 23 points above the district. Grade 3 Reading was also well above the state, at 65% versus 49%, as was Grade 5 Math, at 56% versus 43%. Results were closer in Grade 5 Social Studies, where Star matched the state at 38%, and Grade 4 Math, where its 42% was 1 point below the state’s 43%. Because Star is the only school in the list, there is no school-to-school top or bottom comparison.
Results changed unevenly over time: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Grade 5 Editing and Mechanics rose 31 points and Grade 5 Math rose 12, while Grade 4 Math fell 25 points and Grade 5 Social Studies fell 6; Grade 3 Reading rose 6. Across those same five measures, Star’s average increased from 52% to 55%, while the state averages were 43.8% and 44.2%; Star’s average advantage widened from about 8 to 11 points. SchoolDigger ranked Star 173rd of 684 Kentucky elementary schools in 2025–2026, at the 75th percentile with four stars; its percentile was 88th in 2023–2024 and 74th in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 18% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 34% and the state’s 24%. Context figures include a 15.4 student-teacher ratio and 51% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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