Summary:
ZIP code 40059 has two elementary schools: Goshen At Hillcrest Elementary School serves grades K–5 and enrolls 627 students, while Norton Commons Elementary serves PK–5 and enrolls 598. Both have 2025–2026 KSA results for grades 3–5, and most results are above state levels. The clearest overall finding is that Goshen scored higher than Norton in nine of the 10 matched tests, tying in fourth-grade reading.
Goshen is the area’s academic standout, with an average of 71% across the 10 tests, compared with 58% at Norton and 44% statewide. Goshen was above the state in all 10 tests; its strongest relative result was fifth-grade writing, at 71% versus 35% statewide. The largest school-to-school gap was also in writing: Goshen scored 71%, while Norton scored 34%, a 37-point difference. Norton was above the state in nine tests, but its fifth-grade writing result was one point below the state. The schools’ grades 3–5 averages also favored Goshen in mathematics, 74% to 59%, and reading, 73% to 66%; they tied at 67% in fourth-grade reading.
Both schools’ average results rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Goshen went from 68% to 71%, and Norton from 56% to 58%. The two-school average rose from 62% to 64%, while the group’s lead over the state widened from 18 to 20 points. Improvements were not uniform: Goshen’s fourth-grade reading and science scores fell, and Norton’s fifth-grade writing score dropped six points. SchoolDigger ranking percentiles rose over three years, from the 92nd to 97th for Goshen and from the 74th to 82nd for Norton. Reported 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios were similar, at 16.9 and 17.4. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 were 9% at Goshen and 27% at Norton; these figures describe the schools and do not explain their results.
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