Summary:
ZIP code 40419 has one listed school, Crab Orchard Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 266 students. Its latest results show a clear bright spot in 5th-grade Social Studies, but the most important concern is low performance in 4th-grade reading and 5th-grade math: 31% were proficient in reading, 19 points below Kentucky and 18 points below the district, while 22% were proficient in math, 21 points below the state and 17 points below the district.
Because this ZIP code has only one listed school, there are no local schools to rank against one another. Within the school’s results, 5th-grade Social Studies stands out: 44% were proficient, 6 points above Kentucky and level with Lincoln County. The lowest reported result was 5th-grade math at 22%, compared with 43% statewide and 39% in the district. Across nine reported grade-and-subject results, the school averaged 37% proficiency, versus 45% statewide.
Results moved farther from the state average year over year: across the same nine results, the school average declined from 40% in 2024–2025 to 37% in 2025–2026, while the state average rose from 44% to 45%; the gap widened from about 5 points to 8 points. Changes differed by subject: 5th-grade Social Studies improved 11 points, while 4th-grade reading fell 19 points and 5th-grade math fell 17 points. SchoolDigger gives the school 2 stars and ranks it 475th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools (31st percentile), compared with 427th (38th percentile) in 2024–2025. Other context includes a 12.4:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 87% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; chronic absenteeism was 22% in 2025–2026, compared with 25% in the district and 24% statewide.
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