Summary:
Zip code 40031 includes four schools in Oldham County: two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. In 2025–2026, the schools’ results were generally stronger than state results, though performance varied by school and subject. The clearest area-wide finding is that 31 of 36 reported results topped the matched state result, with an average advantage of 14 percentage points.
Buckner Elementary School and Oldham County High School stand out most broadly. Buckner averaged 65% in math and 71% in reading across grades 3–5, compared with state averages of 43% and 50%; it also led the state in its other tested subjects. The high school was 18–26 points above state results in all six reported subjects. Oldham County Middle School also exceeded the state in every reported test, by 2–17 points, though it trailed district results. LaGrange Elementary School had weaker results than Buckner in most comparable subjects: its grade 3–5 math average was 42% versus Buckner’s 65%, and its grade 4 science result was 29% versus 58%. The notable exception was fifth-grade writing, where LaGrange scored 80% and Buckner 75%.
Recent trends differ by school: high school writing rose 16 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while middle-school writing and editing and mechanics each fell 18 points. Elementary results were mixed, too: Buckner’s writing rose 23 points, while LaGrange’s reading fell 8 points and science fell 17. SchoolDigger ranked the high school at the 97th percentile and Buckner at the 95th in 2025–2026; LaGrange was at the 60th, down from the 73rd percentile in 2023–2024. School context also differs: Buckner had a 15.1 student–teacher ratio and 16% free/reduced-lunch eligible in 2024–2025, compared with 11.5 and 57% at LaGrange. The high school’s 21.6% chronic absenteeism was above the district’s 12.1%, despite strong test results. These figures describe different school contexts, not causes of achievement, and the test data cover only two school years.
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