Summary:
Zip code 40204 has one listed middle school, Jefferson County Traditional Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 813 students; the most important finding is that its 2025–2026 results were stronger than the Jefferson County results in nine of 10 reported grade-and-subject tests, but below statewide results in seven.
There is no school-to-school top or bottom in this area because only one school is represented; within the school’s results, grade 6 math stands out most positively, at 45% compared with 42% statewide, while grade 8 social studies matched the state at 39%. Grade 8 writing is the clearest weakness: 35% met the reported standard, compared with 48% statewide, a 13-point gap. The school also exceeded the district in grade 8 writing, 35% to 32%, showing that being ahead of the district does not necessarily mean matching the state.
Results changed unevenly over time: grade 8 writing rose from 25% in 2024–2025 to 35% in 2025–2026, narrowing its state gap from 24 points to 13, and grade 8 social studies improved from 28% to 39%; by contrast, grade 7 math fell from 48% to 32%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 211th of 326 schools, at the 35th percentile, in 2025–2026, compared with 224th of 320 and the 30th percentile the prior year. Other context includes an 18.3:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 53% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 22%, below the district’s 32% and the state’s 24%. Because this list contains just one school, it cannot show how the school compares with local peers.
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