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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 40078


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1
School
536
Students
Top rankedNorth Washington Elementary School489th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools
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Biggest riser
North Washington Elementary School up 36 spots statewide this year
Summary:

Zip code 40078 has one listed school, North Washington Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 536 students. Its 2025–26 results vary considerably by grade and subject: it exceeded state results in 9 of 19 reportable subject-grade comparisons and fell below them in 10. The most important concern is science, where the school’s average fell 16 percentage points across the same tested grades from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state average rose.

There is no school-to-school leader or trailing school in this list; the clearest contrasts are within North Washington. Eighth grade stands out relative to the state in five subjects, including mathematics, where results were 64% versus 39%, a 25-point advantage. Seventh grade is the exception in science, with results closer to the state than fourth grade. The largest gaps below the state are in fourth-grade reading, at 24% versus 50% (26 points lower), and fourth-grade science, at 16% versus 40% (24 points lower). SchoolDigger rates the school 1 star and ranks it 489th of 684 schools, at the 29th percentile, in 2025–26.

Recent trends are mixed, with mathematics improving relative to the state but science and reading moving in a less favorable direction. The school’s matched-grade science average dropped from 34% to 18% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while the state’s rose from 33% to 34%; reading at the school fell from 47% to 45% as the state average rose from 48% to 49%. SchoolDigger’s rank improved from 525th of 685 in 2024–25 (23rd percentile) to 489th in 2025–26. Context figures include a 17.2:1 student-teacher ratio and 63% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Because only one school is listed, these data cannot show how it compares with other local schools.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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