Best Public Schools in Zip Code 40026

ZIP code 40026 includes three Oldham County schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Harmony Elementary School (K–5), North Oldham Middle School (grades 6–8) and North Oldham High School (grades 9–12). The results are strong across the area: all 26 reported 2025–2026 subject-and-grade scores were above their matching state results. The most important takeaway is that every school outperformed the state in every reported result.

North Oldham High stands out most relative to its state benchmarks, with an average advantage of 29 percentage points; North Oldham Middle averaged 20 points above, and Harmony Elementary 17 points above. Harmony’s margin is the smallest of the three, though its results were still above state levels in every reported cell. A notable individual result was North Oldham Middle’s seventh-grade math: 77% proficiency, 38 points above the state and 16 above the district. North Oldham High’s writing result was another standout at 85%, compared with 47% statewide and 72% in Oldham County. Because the schools serve different grades, their raw scores are not direct like-for-like comparisons.

Recent score trends distinguish the schools: average results rose 2 points at North Oldham High and 2 at Harmony from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while North Oldham Middle fell 7 points, with several eighth-grade results dropping notably. SchoolDigger ranked the high school 4th of 262, the middle school 26th of 326 and Harmony 64th of 684 in 2025–2026; over the prior two years, its percentile ranking dipped slightly for the high school and middle school but improved for Harmony. The high school also had the highest student-teacher ratio (21.2, versus 18.5 at the middle school and 14.9 at Harmony), alongside a 99% graduation rate. Its 19% chronic absenteeism was below the state’s 24% but above the district’s 12%. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 were 12% at the high school, 11% at the middle school and 15% at Harmony; these are contextual differences, not explanations for school results.