Summary:
ZIP code 40219 has one middle school, Thomas Jefferson Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 943 students in Jefferson County. With no other middle school in the local list, the clearest measure of its results is comparison with Kentucky. The most important finding is that its 2025–2026 math and reading proficiency was below state results in every reported grade: math ranged from 10% to 15%, versus 39% to 42% statewide, and reading ranged from 10% to 17%, versus 40% to 54%.
There is no local top-versus-bottom school comparison: Thomas Jefferson Middle is both the only school and the local leader by default, which does not show how it compares with nearby schools. Mathematics was its relatively stronger core subject, though still well below the state: across grades 6–8, proficiency averaged 12% at the school and 40% statewide, a 28-point gap. Reading averaged 14% at the school and 48% statewide, a 34-point gap. Among other reported grade 8 results, social studies was 15% versus 39% statewide, while editing and mechanics was 12% versus 42%; the writing result was suppressed.
Across seven subject-and-grade results reported in both years, the school’s average position relative to the state edged farther behind: the gap widened from 29.6 points in 2024–2025 to 30.3 points in 2025–2026, about 1 point. Individual results varied: grade 6 math rose from 6% to 10%, while grade 8 reading fell from 16% to 10%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 323rd of 324 in 2023–2024, 316th of 320 in 2024–2025, and 320th of 326 in 2025–2026, assigning 0, 1, and 2 percentiles and 0 stars each year; the changing number of schools ranked makes the positions difficult to compare directly. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 36%, compared with 32% in the district and 24% statewide; the student–teacher ratio was 13.7, and 75% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Those characteristics describe the school, but the data do not establish a connection to achievement.
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