Schools in Zip Code 40242

Zip code 40242 has one listed school, Bowen Elementary, serving kindergarten through fifth grade, with 729 students. Its results are mixed across grades and subjects, but the clearest strength in 2025–2026 was fourth-grade math: 60% proficiency, 17 percentage points above the state. Most importantly, Bowen’s average across the listed test results was just 2 points above the state average, down from a 5-point advantage the year before.

Within this single-school list, fourth-grade math and science were Bowen’s strongest results relative to the state: math was 60% versus 43%, and science was 49% versus 40%. Fourth-grade science was also above the Jefferson County result of 26%. Fifth-grade writing was the clearest weakness, at 25%—10 points below the state and equal to the district. Fifth-grade social studies also trailed the state, at 34% versus 38%. Reading and math were above the state on average, but not in every grade: third-grade reading was 2 points below the state, while third- and fifth-grade math were each 3 points below.

Results shifted considerably by subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: fourth-grade science rose 14 points, from 35% to 49%, while fifth-grade writing fell 20 points, from 45% to 25%. Bowen’s average across the listed results declined from 49% to 46%, while the state average rose from 44% to 44%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also moved down, from 221st of 685 schools (68th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 301st of 684 (56th percentile) in 2025–2026. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 32% and the state’s 24%; 43% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 17.1 that year. Because the list includes only one school, it cannot show how Bowen compares with other schools in the area.