Best Public Schools in Zip Code 40014

ZIP code 40014 has 10 schools in Oldham County: five elementary schools, two middle schools and three high schools. Most reported 2025–26 test results are above state rates, but performance varies considerably by school. The clearest contrast is at the high-school level: South Oldham High School is well above state rates in its reported results, while the two much smaller high schools have low scores in several reported tests. The most important takeaway is that strong results at several schools do not reflect every student’s experience in the area.

Kenwood Station Elementary School stands out among elementary schools, leading six of 10 grade-and-subject comparisons; its grade 5 writing score is 70%, compared with 25% at Crestwood Elementary School, a 45-point gap. Kenwood’s grade 5 math is 65%, versus 36% at Crestwood. Among middle schools, East Oldham Middle School leads seven of 10 comparisons, while both middle schools beat state rates in every reported result. South Oldham High leads all of its reported high-school comparisons: its grade 10 math and reading scores are 67% and 77%, while Liberty Academy scores 24% in math and 35% in reading, and Buckner High School scores 25% and 35%. SchoolDigger ranks South Oldham High 6th of 262 Kentucky high schools and Kenwood Station 43rd of 684 elementary schools; it ranks Liberty 237th and Buckner 209th of 262 high schools.

Across 76 school-subject-grade results available in both years, scores fell by an average of about 1 point from 2024–25 to 2025–26, though schools differed: Kenwood’s average rose by about 3 points, while Crestwood’s fell by about 6. Specific results also moved in opposite directions: Crestwood grade 5 writing dropped 37 points, while Kenwood grade 4 math rose 14. Income measures offer context, not an explanation: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 14% at Kenwood and 34% at Crestwood; high-school rates ranged from 21% at South Oldham High to 68% at Buckner. These figures, along with the different test patterns, show why families may want to compare individual schools and subjects rather than rely on one area-wide summary.