Summary:
Zip code 40165 has four Bullitt County middle schools serving grades 6–8, with 1,706 students altogether. Across nine comparable 2025–2026 test results, the schools averaged 33% proficient, compared with 44% statewide—a gap of 11 percentage points, making the area’s overall proficiency level the clearest concern for families.
Bernheim Middle School stands out academically: its average across the nine results was 41%, ahead of Hebron Middle School at 37%, Bullitt Lick Middle School at 28%, and Zoneton Middle School at 27%. Bernheim led the school averages in every subject and had the highest reported science result, though its overall average was still 3 points below the state’s. Hebron tied Bernheim for sixth-grade math at 38% and led eighth-grade reading at 35%. The results at Bullitt Lick and Zoneton were 16 and 17 points below the state average, respectively. These averages summarize comparable results; they are not official schoolwide scores.
Recent changes were mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Bernheim’s average fell 7 points and Hebron’s fell 2, while Bullitt Lick rose 1 point and Zoneton rose 4. The area average declined by 1 point, about the same as the state, so the gap barely changed. SchoolDigger ranked Bernheim at the 41st percentile statewide, Hebron at the 26th, and Bullitt Lick and Zoneton at the 9th; these are rankings, not test scores. Other characteristics do not neatly mirror results: for 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 53% at Bernheim, 47% at Hebron, and about 68% at both lower-scoring schools. Bullitt Lick had a 15.1 student-teacher ratio, compared with 16.8 at Bernheim. Chronic absenteeism was 27% at Bernheim, 31% at Bullitt Lick, and 30% at Zoneton, versus 24% statewide; Hebron was near the state rate at 23%.
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