Summary:
Zip code 40484 has one listed elementary school, Stanford Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 572 students. Its latest results show some strong outcomes in grade 5, but several scores are below Kentucky averages: across 10 subject-and-grade results, the school averaged 37% proficient compared with 44% statewide. Mathematics is the clearest concern, with Stanford below the state in every tested grade and an average gap of 19 percentage points.
There is no local school leader or trailer to compare because Stanford is the only school in the list. Its strongest latest results relative to Kentucky were grade 5 reading and writing, each 7 points higher than the state: 58% versus 51% in reading and 42% versus 35% in writing. Grade 5 social studies matched the state at 38%. The lowest result was grade 3 mathematics, at 21% compared with 43% statewide, a 22-point gap; math results were also below the state in grades 4 and 5 by 19 and 16 points. Reading varies notably by grade: grade 3 was 13 points below the state and grade 4 was 7 points below, despite the grade 5 strength.
Overall results moved farther below the state average from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Stanford’s average across the 10 results fell by 3 points, while the school-state gap widened by 3 points. Math and editing and mechanics weakened most; science improved from 29% to 34%, narrowing its gap with the state from 8 points to 6, while social studies reached the state result. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose from the 20th percentile and 1 star in 2023–2024 to the 31st percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, after reaching the 36th percentile the year before. Other context measures include a student-teacher ratio of 11.6 in 2024–2025, when 75% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; in 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 18%, below the district’s 25% and Kentucky’s 24%. The list includes only one school, so it cannot show how Stanford compares with nearby schools.
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