Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 40245 include one listed school, Stopher Elementary, which serves prekindergarten through Grade 5 and enrolls 781 students. Its 2025–2026 results were above the state in all 10 reported grade-and-subject comparisons, the clearest overall finding for families reviewing this area’s schools.
Because Stopher is the only school listed, there is no area-wide top or bottom school to compare; within the school’s results, Grade 3 mathematics stands out most, at 75% proficient—32 percentage points above the state and 44 points above Jefferson County. Its narrowest state advantage was in Grade 4 reading: 57%, or 7 points above the state. Across all 10 results, Stopher averaged 63% proficient, compared with 44% statewide and 32% districtwide. Results vary by grade: Grade 4 was the low point in both mathematics (52%) and reading (57%), while Grade 3 reached 75% in both subjects.
Results improved overall only slightly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with mixed changes by subject and grade: six of the 10 results rose, one stayed the same and three fell. Grade 3 reading climbed 20 points, from 55% to 75%, while Grade 4 reading and Grade 5 social studies each dropped 13 points. SchoolDigger ranked Stopher 66th of 684 statewide schools in 2025–2026, at the 90th percentile; its ranking history was high but uneven, moving from 35th (95th percentile) to 73rd (89th percentile) and then 66th. Other useful context: the student-teacher ratio was 18.5 to 1 and 14% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 6% at Stopher, compared with 24% statewide and 32% districtwide.
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