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Schools in Zip Code 40312

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School

425

Students

Top rankedClay City Elementary School592^nd of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Summary:

Zip code 40312 has one school, Clay City Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through Grade 5 and enrolling 425 students. With no other school in the local list, the most useful comparisons are with Kentucky, Powell County, and the school’s own earlier results. The clearest overall finding is that all eight currently reportable 2025–2026 KSA results are below the corresponding state results.

No local school stands out above or below another: Clay City Elementary School is the only school listed, so it is both the highest and lowest by default. Its smallest state gaps are in Grade 3 Reading and Grade 5 Editing and Mechanics, each 9 percentage points below Kentucky. The largest gaps are in Grade 5 Social Studies, 21 points below the state, and Grade 4 Reading, 20 points below. Other reported results range from 12 to 19 points below the state. Grade 5 Reading and Writing results are suppressed, so their school scores are unknown.

Results over time are mixed: Grade 4 Science proficiency rose from 14% to 27% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, a 13-point gain, while Grade 3 and Grade 5 Mathematics fell 5 and 9 points, and Grade 5 Social Studies fell 4 points. SchoolDigger’s school ranking declined from the 19th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 13th in 2025–2026; it gave the school one star in each year. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 14.1, and 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 35% in 2025–2026, about 11 points above the state rate and 2 points below Powell County.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)			KSA Reading (2026)			KSA Science (2026)	KSA Writing (2026)	KSA Social Studies (2026)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Clay City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4901 Main St	Clay City	40312	Powell County	Powell County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 663-3315	425	30	14.1	76.5%	400 (94.1%)	5 (1.2%)	11 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	17.9	592^nd of 684 public elementary schools	13.5%		17.4	587^th of 685 public elementary schools	14.3%	5	26.0	31.0	24.0	40.0	30.0		27.0		17.0	39.0	$16,437	$1,697	$12,802

Cities Near Zip Code 40312

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Clay City	1.7 mi	1	303^rd
Stanton	3.46 mi	5	277^th
Irvine	7.62 mi	7	243^rd
Mount Sterling	11.09 mi	9	173^rd
Waco	12.76 mi	1	116^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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