Schools in Zip Code 40207

ZIP code 40207 has four listed schools: three elementary schools and one high school; the achievement results cover grades 3–5 at the elementary schools and grades 10–11 at Waggener High. The elementary schools averaged 45% across the reported results, close to the 44% state average, but that overall figure hides a major difference between schools. The most important finding is that elementary outcomes vary considerably by school: Dunn Elementary averaged 15 points above Chenoweth Elementary.

Dunn had the strongest elementary average, 51%, followed by St Matthews Elementary at 47%; Chenoweth averaged 36%. Dunn was above the state in seven of its ten results, while Chenoweth was below it in nine. St Matthews led several individual comparisons, including fourth-grade math and science, and tied Dunn in fifth-grade reading. Chenoweth’s sharpest low result was fifth-grade writing: 13%, compared with Dunn’s 45% and the state’s 35%. At the high school, Waggener’s reported results were below state results in every subject; its grade 10 math and reading scores were 23%, and grade 11 scores ranged from 17% to 21%.

Elementary scores as a group declined from 47% to 45% from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state average edged up from 44% to 44%, narrowing the schools’ average advantage from about 3 points to about 1. Subject trends differed: average science results rose 8 points, while writing fell 14 points. Dunn remains the current elementary leader, but its average fell 6 points year over year, and its SchoolDigger statewide percentile rank moved from 85 in 2023–24 to 68 in 2025–26; Waggener’s rank moved from 17 to 8 over that period. For context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 27% at Dunn, 42% at St Matthews, 58% at Chenoweth, and 66% at Waggener; student-teacher ratios ranged from 16.2 to 17.3 at the elementary schools and were 14.1 at Waggener. These are contextual measures, not explanations for school results.