Best High Schools in Zip Code 40220

ZIP code 40220 has two high schools in Jefferson County: Seneca High, serving grades 9–12, and The Brook-KMI, serving grades 6–12; SchoolDigger ranks the district 135th of 158 in Kentucky, at the 15th percentile with one star. The central academic finding is that Seneca’s reported proficiency is below Kentucky’s in all six tested subjects, averaging 20% compared with 39% statewide.

Seneca High stands out for its low test results and high chronic absenteeism: its 2025–26 proficiency ranges from 9% in science to 26% in reading, and 48% of students were chronically absent, compared with 32% districtwide and 24% statewide. Its biggest gaps from the state were in writing (22% versus 47%, a 25-point gap) and reading (26% versus 49%, a 23-point gap). Graduation was 89%, compared with 94% statewide, while dropout was 3% versus 1%. SchoolDigger ranks Seneca 236th of 262, at the 10th percentile with one star. The Brook-KMI is much smaller, with 29 students and a 3.3 student-teacher ratio; it has no reported proficiency scores, so these data cannot rank the schools academically.

Seneca’s scores improved across the five subjects with year-to-year results: its average rose from 19% in 2024–25 to 22% in 2025–26, while the comparable state average moved from 42% to 43%; the average gap narrowed by 3 points but remained substantial. Seneca rose in math, writing, social studies, and editing and mechanics, while reading was unchanged. Its SchoolDigger percentile also rose from 5th in 2024–25 to 10th in 2025–26, matching 2023–24. As context, in 2024–25, 68% of Seneca students and 28% of Brook-KMI students were free/reduced lunch eligible; their student-teacher ratios were 13.3 and 3.3, respectively. These differences describe school context, not what accounts for outcomes.