Summary:
ZIP code 40008 has one middle school, [Bloomfield Middle School](https://www.schooldigger.com/go/KY/schools/0441001087/school.aspx), serving grades 6–8 in the [Nelson County](https://www.schooldigger.com/go/KY/district/04410/search.aspx) district, with 296 students. With just one school in the list, families cannot compare local middle schools with one another. The most important academic finding is that Bloomfield’s ten reported subject-and-grade results averaged 31% in 2025–2026, compared with 42% for the matching state results—a 12-point gap.
Bloomfield’s clearest strength was eighth-grade writing: 58% were proficient, 10 points above the state’s 48% and 12 points above the district’s 46%. It also scored above the district in seventh-grade math (27% versus 26%) and eighth-grade math (26% versus 20%), though both results remained below state levels. The lowest result was sixth-grade math, with 19% proficient—23 points below the state’s 42%. Reading and math were weaker overall: Bloomfield’s grade-matched averages were 30% in reading versus 48% statewide, and 24% in math versus 40% statewide.
Most results declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: eight of the ten reported scores fell, while eighth-grade math rose 1 point and eighth-grade writing jumped 15 points, from 43% to 58%. The overall gap with the state widened by about 3 points, from 9 points to 12. SchoolDigger ranks Bloomfield 267th of 326 Kentucky middle schools, in the 18th percentile, and gives it one star. Other reported measures include a 17.4 student-teacher ratio and 49% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 20% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 22% and state’s 24%. These figures provide context, but do not establish what explains the test results.
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