Summary:
ZIP code 40026 has one middle school, North Oldham Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 720 students. With no other listed middle schools nearby for comparison, the clearest measure is how the school’s results compare with Kentucky and the district. In 2025–2026, the school exceeded the state in all 10 reported subject-and-grade results, by 10–38 percentage points; that consistent advantage is the area’s most important finding.
North Oldham Middle School is both the listed leader and trailer by default, since it is the only school in the ZIP code. Its strongest state comparison was seventh-grade mathematics, with 77% proficient versus 39% statewide, a 38-point advantage. Across grades 6–8, its average mathematics proficiency was 68%, compared with 40% statewide; its average reading result was 67%, versus 48% statewide. Results were not uniformly higher than the district: for example, sixth-grade reading was 73% at the school and 74% in the Oldham County district.
Results softened overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, though changes varied by grade and subject. The school’s average across the same 10 results fell by 7 points, while the state average fell by 1 point; the school’s average lead narrowed from 25 to 20 points. Several eighth-grade results dropped notably, including writing (78% to 58%) and Editing and Mechanics (77% to 54%), while seventh-grade mathematics rose 6 points and seventh-grade science rose 8. SchoolDigger ranked the school 8th of 320 schools (98th percentile) in 2024–2025 and 26th of 326 (92nd percentile) in 2025–2026. Other context includes an 18.5:1 student–teacher ratio and 11% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 9% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 12% and the state’s 24%. Because there is only one listed school, the data cannot show how local schools compare with one another.
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