Schools in Zip Code 40146

Zip code 40146 has one listed school, Irvington Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 359 students. There are no other local schools to compare, so the meaningful differences are among Irvington’s subjects and grades. Most importantly, its average across 11 reported test results moved from below the state average in 2024–2025 to slightly above it in 2025–2026.

Irvington has a mixed profile, with its strongest state comparison in fourth-grade science: 63% proficient, versus 40% statewide, a 23-point advantage. Its clearest weakness is fifth-grade social studies, where 17% were proficient compared with 38% statewide, a 21-point shortfall. Reading was another strength, averaging 56% across grades 3–5, 6 points above the state average; fifth-grade editing and mechanics was also higher than the state, 55% to 48%. These subject-level contrasts matter because the school’s overall average can mask substantial differences across grades and subjects.

Results improved overall, but not in every area: Irvington’s average across the same 11 results rose from 34% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026, an 8-point increase, while the state average stayed at about 40%. Reading rose in all three grades, and fourth-grade science increased from 31% to 63%; the exception was fifth-grade math, which fell from 49% to 30%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, from the 28th percentile and 1 star in 2023–2024 to the 55th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 13:1 in 2024–2025, and 72% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year; chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 22%, below the statewide 24%.