Summary:
Zip code 42461 has one listed school, Uniontown Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 199 students. In 2025–2026, reading was its strongest tested subject, while math was the clearest concern: average proficiency across grades 3–5 was 42% in reading and 19% in math. The most important finding is that math proficiency was well below the state in every tested grade, with the largest gaps in grades 4 and 5.
There are no other listed schools to rank against Uniontown, so comparisons with the state and Union County provide the clearest picture. Reading stands out as a relative strength against the district: Uniontown scored 48% in grade 3, 34% in grade 4, and 44% in grade 5, compared with district results of 41%, 34%, and 38%. Its three-grade reading average was 42%, 4 points above the district average but 8 points below the state. Math was weaker: results were 29%, 14%, and 13% in grades 3–5, compared with 43% statewide in each grade; the gaps were 14, 29, and 30 points. Grade 5 social studies and editing and mechanics were also below state results: 16% versus 38%, and 19% versus 48%. SchoolDigger ranks Uniontown 601st of 684 Kentucky schools, at the 12th percentile, with one star.
Reading improved in all three grades from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, rising from 46% to 48% in grade 3, 29% to 34% in grade 4, and 40% to 44% in grade 5; math fell from 32% to 29% in grade 3 and 26% to 13% in grade 5. Across the same five grade-subject comparisons, the school’s gap with the state widened from 12 to 14 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 11 in 2023–2024 to 20 in 2024–2025, then fell to 12 in 2025–2026. Other context includes a 12.8:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 62% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 14%, below the district’s 23% and the state’s 24%. Some grade-level results may reflect small groups, and the school’s science and writing results were suppressed.
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