Summary:
Zip code 40461 has one school, Paint Lick Elementary School, serving PK–5 and enrolling 260 students. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 14% at the school, compared with 19% in Garrard County and 24% statewide. The clearest overall academic finding is that Paint Lick’s eight available grade-and-subject results averaged 55% proficient in 2025–2026, about 10 percentage points above Kentucky’s average of 45% for the same comparisons.
With no other school in the area list, Paint Lick is both the local standout and the only school to consider. Its strongest comparisons are in fifth grade: Mathematics was 64% proficient versus 43% statewide, Editing and Mechanics was 66% versus 48%, Writing was 52% versus 35%, and Social Studies was 50% versus 38%. The clearest weaker result is fourth-grade Reading, at 44% compared with 50% statewide and 59% in the district; third-grade Mathematics was also below the state, at 38% versus 43%. SchoolDigger gives Paint Lick four stars and ranks it 190th of 684 Kentucky schools, at the 72nd percentile.
Results improved overall across the same eight comparisons: Paint Lick’s average rose from 51% in 2024–2025 to 55% in 2025–2026, a 5-point increase, while the state average stayed around 45%; the school’s advantage grew from 6 to 10 points. The gains were uneven: Writing rose 17 points and Editing and Mechanics 31, while third-grade Mathematics fell 9 points and fourth-grade Reading fell 10. SchoolDigger’s rank moved from 220th in 2023–2024 to 243rd in 2024–2025, then improved to 190th in 2025–2026. As context, the student-teacher ratio was 10.8 in 2024–2025, when 70% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.
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