Summary:
Zip code 42023 has three Carlisle County public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12, with 738 students altogether: 395 at Carlisle County Elementary School, 159 at Carlisle County Middle School and 184 at Carlisle County High School. The clearest overall finding is that the Middle School has the strongest current results against state benchmarks, while the High School’s tested results are weaker.
Carlisle County Middle School leads on its average test gap: its results were 10 points above the state average across its listed tests, compared with 7 points above for the Elementary School and 3 points below for the High School. Middle students were above the state in every listed test except seventh-grade science, where they matched it; eighth-grade math was 68% proficient versus 39% statewide. The Elementary School had standout fourth-grade results in reading (72% versus 50%) and science (63% versus 40%). The High School was below the state in four of six tested areas, but its graduation rate was 98%, compared with 94% statewide.
Recent trends differ: Elementary results rose an average of 9 points across nine comparable tests, while Middle results fell an average of 7 points across 10; High results rose 3 points on average across five tests, despite a 12-point drop in tenth-grade reading. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings place Elementary at the 67th percentile, Middle at the 76th and High at the 44th; since 2023–2024, those rankings rose 29 percentile points for Elementary, fell 5 for Middle and fell 13 for High. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 60% at Elementary, 57% at Middle and 54% at High; student–teacher ratios were 14.1, 14.4 and 12.2, respectively. Because the schools serve different grades, their overall test averages are descriptive rather than direct, like-for-like rankings.
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