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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 40360

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At a glance

Schools

1,936

Students

Top rankedBath County High School82^nd of 262 Kentucky high schools

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Biggest riser

Bath County High School up 39 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Crossroads Elementary School 14.7 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 40360 has five schools serving elementary, middle and high school grades: two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. The clearest academic strength is at Bath County High School, which scored above the state in five of six reported subjects in 2025–2026 and matched it in the sixth. By contrast, Owingsville Elementary School and Crossroads Elementary School had just one result above the state across their 20 reported results. The area’s strongest results are concentrated at the high school rather than shared across grade levels.

Bath County High School also leads in SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings: 82nd of 262 schools, in the 69th percentile with 3 stars. Bath County Middle School ranks in the 39th percentile with 2 stars, while Owingsville Elementary School and Crossroads Elementary School are in the 28th and 25th percentiles, respectively, each with 1 star. Elementary results vary by subject: Owingsville leads reading in grades 3–5 by 1 percentage point each, but Crossroads scores 52% in grade 5 Editing and Mechanics, compared with 28% at Owingsville and 48% statewide. Second Chance Academy has state-suppressed proficiency results and enrollment of 9, so its test performance cannot be compared.

Across 35 results available in both years, the average gap from the state widened from 3 percentage points below state levels in 2024–2025 to 5 points below in 2025–2026. This was not a decline everywhere: Bath County High School improved its average standing relative to the state by 5 points per result, while the elementary and middle school results generally moved farther below. SchoolDigger percentiles also rose for the high school, from 54 to 69, and fell for Owingsville, from 39 to 28, and Crossroads, from 43 to 25. Attendance is a concern across the schools: every reported 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism rate exceeded the state’s 24%, including 49% at the high school and 69% at Second Chance. As context, all five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible measures for 2024–2025, ranging from 73% to 80%; these figures describe the schools but do not explain their results.

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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 Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Owingsville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Chenault Drive	Owingsville	40360	Bath County	Bath County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 674-2722	535	34	15.7	74.2%	508 (95.0%)	3 (0.6%)	12 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.2%)	30.5	494^th of 684 public elementary schools	27.8%		36.3	455^th of 685 public elementary schools	33.6%	39	39.0	26.0	23.0					41.0	42.0	47.0					37.0			24.0			44.0			28.0			$14,291	$1,674	$11,041
Bath County High School	Public	9-12	645 Chenault Dr	Owingsville	40360	Bath County	Bath County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 674-6325	604	39	15.4	73.2%	549 (90.9%)	8 (1.3%)	32 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	63.5	82^nd of 262 public high schools	68.7%		50.5	121^st of 254 public high schools	52.4%	39							43.0							56.0			32.0			50.0			37.0			45.0	$24,481	$634	$13,172
Bath County Middle School	Public	6-8	335 W Main St	Owingsville	40360	Bath County	Bath County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 674-8165	391	25	15.6	74.4%	371 (94.9%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	39.6	199^th of 326 public middle schools	39.0%		49.1	155^th of 320 public middle schools	51.6%	44				47.0	27.0	23.0					52.0	47.0	41.0			24.0			51.0			36.0			42.0		$14,917	$1,227	$12,104
Crossroads Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4755 E Hwy 60	Owingsville	40360	Bath County	Bath County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 674-2101	397	27	14.7	80.4%	380 (95.7%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	28.5	513^th of 684 public elementary schools	25.0%		35.9	457^th of 685 public elementary schools	33.3%	56	19.0	28.0	29.0					40.0	41.0	46.0					36.0			17.0			33.0			52.0			$15,279	$1,306	$12,370
Second Chance Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	335 West Main Street	Owingsville	40360	Bath County	Bath County	No	No	Yes	No	(606) 674-8165	9	2	4.5	77.8%	7 (77.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)								(n/a)																											$13,380	$430	$11,532

Cities Near Zip Code 40360

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Owingsville	0.13 mi	5	212^th
Mount Sterling	9.75 mi	9	173^rd
Hillsboro	12.16 mi	1	223^rd
Frenchburg	14.86 mi	4	302^nd
Morehead	15.92 mi	10	255^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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