Summary:
Zip code 40243 has one listed high school: Eastern High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,790 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency results were below the state in all six reported subjects; its simple average across those subjects was 34%, compared with 39% statewide, a 6-point gap—the clearest overall finding for families.
With no other listed high schools, there is no local school-to-school leader or trailer. Within Eastern, writing was strongest at 43% proficient, while science was lowest at 12%, a 31-point difference. The school was above Jefferson County in five of six subjects, including writing by 11 points and math by 10; science was 4 points below the district. Against the state, math was closest, at 39% versus 40%, while science had the largest gap, at 12% versus 23%.
Results were mixed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: writing improved 3 points, math and reading were unchanged, and science fell 8 points, social studies 12, and editing and mechanics 6. Eastern’s simple six-subject average declined by 4 points, while the state average rose by less than 1 point; SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved from the 71st percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 35th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 38%, compared with 32% in the district and 24% statewide. Graduation was 93%, about 1 point below the state and 4 points above the district. In 2024–2025, the school had a 16.5:1 student–teacher ratio, and 36% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; these are contextual figures, not explanations for outcomes.
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