Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 40208 include five schools spanning elementary through high school, with reported KSA results for grades 3–11. The clearest pattern is a sharp grade-span divide: duPont Manual High and Noe Middle were above state rates in every reported 2025–26 result, while the reported elementary results at Cochran Elementary and McFerran Preparatory Academy were below them.
duPont Manual and Noe stand out at the top: Manual’s six reported results were 28 to 42 points above state rates, and Noe’s ten were 10 to 29 points above. The elementary schools’ exact results were lower: Cochran’s were 14 to 35 points below state rates, and McFerran’s were 30 to 37 points below. In shared fifth-grade results, Cochran led McFerran by 7 points in math, 6 in reading and 5 in social studies; McFerran led by 4 points in Editing and Mechanics. Western Day Treatment had the area’s highest reported chronic absenteeism, 43% in 2025–26; its test figures are suppressed, so its academic standing cannot be assessed.
Results improved overall at Noe: across ten matched subject-grade comparisons, its gap from state rates grew by an average of 3 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26. SchoolDigger ranked Noe 17th of 326 schools in 2025–26, up from 23rd of 320 the year before; Manual was 2nd of 262, following 1st of 254. Both had five stars, while Cochran and McFerran had zero stars and ranked 663rd and 680th of 684, respectively. Enrollment and ratios offer additional context: Manual had 1,899 students and a 16.8 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25, compared with 419 students and 12.6 at Cochran. That year’s free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 23% at Manual to 93% at Western; these figures provide context, not an explanation of school results.
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