Summary:
Zip code 40207 has one listed high school, Waggener High, serving grades 9–12 with 888 students in Jefferson County. In 2025–2026, its proficiency rates were 23% in grade 10 Math and Reading, and 17%–21% across the reported grade 11 subjects; each was below the state result. Across the five subjects, Waggener averaged 20% proficient compared with 43% statewide, a 22-point shortfall—the clearest overall concern in the school’s profile.
Math is Waggener’s strongest subject relative to the state, while Reading and Writing show the largest gaps: Math was 17 points below the state, compared with 26 points below in both Reading and Writing. Attendance is another major concern: chronic absenteeism was 53%, versus 24% statewide and 32% in the county, or 30 points above the state. Since this list contains only one school, there is no local peer school to identify as a top or bottom performer. SchoolDigger ranked Waggener 240th of 262 statewide schools, at the 8th percentile in 2025–2026.
Results across the five subjects weakened overall, though Math improved: Waggener’s average fell from 22% in 2024–2025 to 20% in 2025–2026, while its average gap from the state widened by 2 points. Math rose 1 point and its state gap narrowed by 2 points; Social Studies fell 7 points, the largest subject decline, while Reading fell 2. SchoolDigger placed Waggener at the 7th percentile the previous year, so its latest percentile rose by 1 point. Graduation was a relative bright spot against the county: 90% compared with 89%, though it was 5 points below the state; the dropout rate was 4%, versus 2% in the county and 1% statewide. The student-teacher ratio was 14.1 in 2024–2025, and 66% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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