Summary:
Seven schools serve ZIP code 40214: four elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. Their 2025–2026 Kentucky proficiency results are generally below state levels, though some schools have stronger results in particular grades and subjects. Across reported results, average gaps from the state range from 16 points in writing to 25 points in editing and mechanics—the area’s most important pattern is that most schools have substantial proficiency gaps, despite a few subject-specific bright spots.
Among elementary schools, Kenwood Elementary leads third-grade reading at 53%, above the state’s 49%; it also leads fourth-grade math and science, at 30% and 25%. Auburndale Elementary stands out in fifth grade, leading math at 32%, reading at 46% and social studies at 36%—11, 5 and 2 points below state results. At the lower end, Trunnell Elementary has the lowest reported fifth-grade math, 5%, while Rutherford Elementary has the lowest fifth-grade reading, 12%. The middle schools are closer to each other: Lassiter Middle leads Olmsted South in every shared reported comparison, including seventh-grade math, 20% to 16%. Doss High, the only listed high school, is far below state results in all six reported subject-and-grade results; 10th-grade math is 10% versus 40% statewide.
Results moved somewhat closer to state changes overall, but gains were uneven: across 55 matched comparisons, relative change averaged about 3 points in the schools’ favor. For example, Auburndale fifth-grade reading rose from 28% to 46%, while Kenwood fifth-grade math fell from 30% to 16%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings place Kenwood highest among these schools, at the 18th percentile; the others range from the 1st to 14th percentile. Staffing and income measures offer context, not an explanation of results: student-teacher ratios range from 14.5 at Trunnell to 23.4 at Rutherford, and all schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025, ranging from 70% at Doss to 79% at Olmsted South.
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