Summary:
Zip code 42445 has two elementary schools serving PK through Grade 5: Caldwell County Primary School serves PK–2 and enrolls 532 students, while Caldwell County Elementary School serves Grades 3–5 and enrolls 386, for 918 students altogether. Because Primary has no supplied test scores, test-score results cannot be compared between the schools. The clearest academic finding is that Elementary’s latest results are stronger in mathematics and Editing and Mechanics than in Writing.
Caldwell County Elementary stands out in 2025–2026 mathematics: proficiency was 47%, 49% and 53% in Grades 3, 4 and 5, respectively, compared with 43% statewide in each grade—a 4-, 6- and 10-point advantage. Grade 5 Editing and Mechanics was another strength at 58%, 10 points above the state. Its clearest weak spot was Grade 5 Writing, at 24%, 11 points below the state; Grade 4 Reading was 5 points below. Attendance rates were below the state at both schools: chronic absenteeism was 14% at Elementary and 20% at Primary, a 6-point difference, compared with 24% statewide.
Results shifted in mixed ways over time: Elementary’s math proficiency fell 9 points in Grade 3 and 11 in Grade 4 from 2024–2025, while Grade 5 was unchanged; its average math advantage over the state narrowed from 13 points to 7. Some results improved, including Grade 5 Reading, up 7 points to 52%, and Writing’s gap, which narrowed from 18 points below the state to 11. SchoolDigger rates Elementary three stars and ranks it 325 of 684 for 2025–2026, compared with 308 of 685 and three stars the prior year; its earlier 2023–2024 rank was 354 of 685 with two stars. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025 was 58% at Elementary and 67% at Primary, while student-teacher ratios were 16.9 and 17.5, respectively.
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