Schools in Zip Code 40008

Zip code 40008 has two schools in Nelson County, serving prekindergarten through grade 8: Bloomfield Elementary (225 students) and Bloomfield Middle (296 students). In 2025–2026, both schools were below state proficiency levels in most of their reported subjects; the clearest exception was Bloomfield Middle’s grade 8 writing, which was above the state result.

Bloomfield Middle stands out for that grade 8 writing result: 58% proficient versus 48% statewide, a 10-point advantage and the only reported school-grade-subject result above the state benchmark. Its broader results were weaker: math averaged 24% across grades 6–8 versus 40% statewide, and reading averaged 30% versus 48%. At Bloomfield Elementary, math averaged 34% across grades 3–5 versus 43% statewide, while reading averaged 38% across grades 3–4 versus 50%. The largest listed shortfalls were Bloomfield Middle grade 6 math, 19% versus 42%, and Bloomfield Elementary grade 5 editing and mechanics, 29% versus 48%. Because the schools serve different grades, these results do not provide a direct head-to-head comparison.

Relative to state results, both schools’ matched grade-and-subject results moved farther behind from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the average gap widened by about 4 points overall. SchoolDigger gives both schools one star; its latest rankings are 267th of 326 Kentucky middle schools for Bloomfield Middle and 557th of 684 elementary schools for Bloomfield Elementary. As context, the elementary school’s student-teacher ratio was 12.5 versus 17.4 at the middle school, and free/reduced lunch eligible was 78% versus 49% in 2024–2025. These are observations, not explanations for test results. Both schools also had lower chronic absenteeism than the state in 2025–2026: 19% at the elementary school and 20% at the middle school, compared with 24% statewide.