Summary:
ZIP code 40037 has one listed school, West Marion Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 400 students. The school is part of Marion County. Its latest results show a clear overall strength: in SY 2025–2026, proficiency was above Kentucky’s in all ten reported subject-and-grade comparisons.
Because there is only one school in the ZIP-code list, there is no local top or bottom school to compare; the clearest standout is fourth grade. West Marion reached 67% in fourth-grade math versus 50% in the district and 43% statewide, and 68% in reading versus 58% and 50%. Fourth-grade science was 58%, compared with 44% in the district and 40% statewide. Fifth-grade writing is its strongest state-relative result: 62% proficient, 27 percentage points above Kentucky’s 35%. The advantage is narrower in third grade, especially reading, where the school’s 50% was just 1 point above the state’s 49%.
Results softened overall from the previous year, though the school remains ahead of the state. Across the same ten measures, its average fell from 62% in SY 2024–2025 to 59% in SY 2025–2026; its average lead over the state narrowed from 18 to 15 percentage points. Fifth-grade reading fell 12 points and writing fell 11, while fourth-grade science improved 10 points. SchoolDigger ranks the school 118th of 684 statewide, at the 83rd percentile with four stars, down from 81st of 685 and the 88th percentile the prior year. Chronic absenteeism was 18.8%, compared with 19.1% in the district and 23.5% statewide. Other context includes a student-teacher ratio of 16 in SY 2024–2025 and 53% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures do not explain the test results.
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