Schools in Zip Code 40223

Three schools in ZIP code 40223 serve students from preschool through grade 12 and enroll 462 students: Anchorage Independent Public School serves PK–8, Mary Jo and William MacDonald Maryhurst serves grades 6–12, and Bellewood serves K–5. The schools differ considerably in size, from 392 students at Anchorage to 63 at Maryhurst and 7 at Bellewood. The clearest academic finding is that Anchorage Independent Public School is the standout: all 14 of its reported 2025–26 subject-and-grade scores exceed the matching state results, by 4 to 49 percentage points.

Among results that can be compared, Anchorage is at the top, while Maryhurst’s one reported result is below both state and district levels: in grade 11 social studies, 18% of students were proficient, compared with 37% statewide and 28% in Jefferson County—gaps of 19 and 10 points. Attendance also distinguishes the schools: 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 1.8% at Anchorage, 11.3% at Bellewood, and 35.1% at Maryhurst, versus 23.5% statewide. Bellewood’s school-level test scores are suppressed, so it cannot be placed academically from these results.

Anchorage’s scores remain well above state results, but its advantage narrowed in the 10 subject-and-grade results available for both 2024–25 and 2025–26: its average fell from 84% to 76%, while the state average fell from 44% to 43%, narrowing Anchorage’s average lead by 7 points. SchoolDigger ranks Anchorage 48 of 684 (93rd percentile) in 2025–26, after 1 of 685 (100th percentile) in 2024–25; the latest supplied ranks for Maryhurst and Bellewood are older—263 of 290 (9th percentile) in 2023–24 and 691 of 700 (1st percentile) in 2018–19. Student-teacher ratios are 9.9 at Anchorage, 4.8 at Maryhurst, and 2.3 at Bellewood. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares are 8% at Anchorage and 89% at Maryhurst in 2024–25; Bellewood’s 77% figure is from 2022–23 and is not directly comparable.