Summary:
Zip code 40202 has two schools in J. Graham Brown School, serving kindergarten through grade 12, and Ahrens Educational Resource Center, serving grade 12. Brown enrolls 800 students and Ahrens 38; both are in Jefferson County. Only Brown has test scores in this dataset. Its 2025–2026 graduation rate was 100%, compared with 89% for the district and 94% statewide, and its chronic absenteeism was 17%, versus 32% districtwide and 24% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that Brown combines strong reported graduation and attendance outcomes with test results above the state in most reported comparisons.
Brown is the standout among the schools with reported achievement: its results were above the state in 24 of 26 grade-and-subject comparisons, and its average advantage across the six subjects ranged from 17 percentage points in writing to 25 points in editing and mechanics. Reading and social studies were also strong, with advantages of 22 and 21 points. The pattern has specific exceptions: grade 5 math was 9 points below the state, and grade 11 writing was 5 points below. Ahrens cannot be placed above or below Brown for achievement because it has no test scores here; its current school-level graduation rate is also not reported.
Brown’s overall test-score picture changed little across the two years: its combined average was 62% in both, while its advantage over the state edged from 20 to 20 percentage points. Individual results shifted more: grade 4 math rose 29 points and grade 5 editing and mechanics rose 22, while grade 11 science fell 16 points. School context also differs: in 2024–2025, Brown’s student-teacher ratio was 17.2 and 29% were free/reduced lunch eligible; Ahrens’s ratio was 7.4 and 40% were free/reduced lunch eligible. SchoolDigger rates the district—not either school—one star, ranking it 135th of 158 districts and at the 15th percentile.
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