Best Public Schools in Zip Code 40437

Summary:

The 40437 zip code is home to a single standout public elementary school, Hustonville Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 439 students. The school is part of the Lincoln County School District, which is ranked 88 out of 157 districts in Kentucky and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hustonville Elementary School has consistently ranked in the top 30% of Kentucky elementary schools over the past three school years, demonstrating strong academic performance with proficiency rates above the Lincoln County and Kentucky averages in several subject areas, including Mathematics, Reading, Writing, and Editing and Mechanics. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 41% to 62% in Mathematics, 53% to 57% in Reading, 59% in Writing, and 60% in Editing and Mechanics.

However, the school faces some challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.0% in 2024-2025 and a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 75.4% in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $14,792, and it had a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.7 in the same year. Overall, Hustonville Elementary School appears to be a standout school in the 40437 zip code, providing a quality education to its students despite the socioeconomic challenges it faces.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KSA Mathematics (2025)			KSA Reading (2025)			KSA Science (2025)	KSA Writing (2025)	KSA Social Studies (2025)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Hustonville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	93 N College St	Hustonville	40437	Lincoln County	Lincoln County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 346-3831	439	28	15.5	78.1%	404 (92.0%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.6%)	66	207^th of 685 public elementary schools	69.8%		74.6	124^th of 685 public elementary schools	81.9%	83	52.0	62.0	41.0	57.0	53.0	54.0	38.0	59.0	43.0	60.0	$14,792	$1,768	$305	$2,073	$8,547	$2,501	$11,048

Cities Near Zip Code 40437

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hustonville	3.26 mi	1	82^nd
Liberty	6.72 mi	6	221^st
Waynesburg	7.68 mi	2	103^rd
Stanford	8.83 mi	4	242^nd
Junction City	10.6 mi	1	17^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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