Summary:
ZIP code 40486 has one listed school, Tyner Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 393 students, in Jackson County. Because it is the only school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison. The clearest overall finding is that results vary sharply by grade and subject: grade 4 stood out above state results, while several grade 5 subjects fell well below them.
Tyner’s strongest state-relative result in 2025–26 was grade 4 science: 58% proficient, 18 percentage points above Kentucky’s 40% and just 1 point below the district’s 59%. Grade 4 reading was also strong at 62%, 12 points above the state, though 8 below the district. The largest shortfall was grade 5 writing: 15%, which was 20 points below the state and 29 below the district. Grade 5 was also below state results in social studies and editing and mechanics, by 12 and 16 points, respectively.
Results changed in opposite directions across grades: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, grade 4 mathematics rose 27 points and reading rose 25, while grade 5 social studies dropped 34 points and writing dropped 33. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from 212 of 685 schools (69th percentile) in 2023–24 to 417 of 684 (39th percentile) in 2025–26. For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 14.6 in 2024–25, and 74% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 37% at Tyner and in the district, compared with 24% statewide.
Thank you for your feedback!