Summary:
Zip code 40440 has one school, Junction City Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 457 students in Boyle County. Its 2025–2026 results were stronger than Kentucky’s in most reported subjects and grades, but did not reach district results. Most importantly, the school scored above the state in 8 of 9 reported results while remaining below the district in all 9 results with a reported school score—for example, fifth-grade math was 67% at the school, 43% statewide and 75% in the district.
The strongest results compared with Kentucky were in fifth-grade social studies, math, and editing and mechanics: the school scored 63% in social studies, 25 points above the state; 67% in math, 24 points above; and 70% in editing and mechanics, 22 points above. The lowest reported school score was 47% in fourth-grade science, though that was still 7 points above the state. Fourth-grade reading was the clearest relative weak spot: 49%, one point below the state and 15 points below the district. With only one school in the list, there is no local school-to-school comparison to identify a top or bottom school.
Across the same nine reported results, the school’s average advantage over the state narrowed from 20 points in 2024–2025 to 15 points in 2025–2026. Its average score across those measures moved from 64% to 60%, while the state average edged up from 44% to 45%; these averages are not an overall school proficiency rate. Fourth-grade reading fell 17 points between years, while fourth-grade science improved 3 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down from 23rd of 685 schools (97th percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–2024 to 116th of 684 (83rd percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. As context, 69% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 15.4; 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 13%, versus 24% statewide.
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