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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 40504

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Schools

1,924

Students

Top rankedPicadome Elementary School276^th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Picadome Elementary School up 193 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Four Fayette County elementary schools serve ZIP code 40504, all through grade 5: three begin in pre-K, while Garden Springs begins in kindergarten. Their 2025–2026 results vary considerably by school and subject; the group average was below the state average in every reported subject, from 2 points below in editing and mechanics to 11 points below in writing. The most important finding is that a ZIP-code-wide picture hides large school differences: the top-to-bottom gap was 33 percentage points in science and 31 points in reading.

Picadome is the clearest academic standout: it led in reading, writing, social studies, and editing and mechanics, and its reading average was 58%, compared with the state’s 50%. Garden Springs led in math, averaging 50%, and in fourth-grade science, at 44%; however, just 14% were proficient in its fifth-grade writing result. At the other end, Cardinal Valley had the lowest reading, science, writing, and social-studies results, including a 26% reading average versus Picadome’s 58%. James Lane Allen had the lowest math average, 32%, but its fourth-grade science result, 41%, exceeded the state’s 40%.

Results improved overall across comparable tests: the school average rose from 34% in 2024–2025 to 39% in 2025–2026, while the state average moved from 44% to 42%; the average gap narrowed from 10 points below the state to 4 points below. Picadome had the largest school-level gain, 11 points, and its SchoolDigger percentile rose from 32 to 60. Current SchoolDigger rankings also place Picadome highest (276 of 684), followed by Garden Springs (295), James Lane Allen (520), and Cardinal Valley (629). School size and other measures do not neatly track results: James Lane Allen’s student-teacher ratio was the group’s lowest at 11.1, while its math average was also lowest; Garden Springs had the highest math average. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligibility ranged from 41% at Garden Springs to 67% at James Lane Allen, providing context rather than an explanation for differences.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)			KSA Reading (2026)			KSA Science (2026)	KSA Writing (2026)	KSA Social Studies (2026)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Total
Garden Springs Elementary School	Public	K-5	2151 Garden Springs Dr	Lexington	40504	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3388	418	35	11.9	40.7%	252 (60.3%)	40 (9.6%)	83 (19.9%)	11 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.7%)	54.3	295^th of 684 public elementary schools	56.9%		51.2	325^th of 685 public elementary schools	52.6%	30	54.0	53.0	43.0	53.0	49.0	55.0	44.0	14.0	43.0	48.0
Picadome Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1642 Harrodsburg Rd	Lexington	40504	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3563	434	37	11.7	58.5%	202 (46.5%)	129 (29.7%)	54 (12.4%)	12 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.3%)	56.4	276^th of 684 public elementary schools	59.6%		34.1	469^th of 685 public elementary schools	31.5%	193	47.0	32.0	59.0	61.0	44.0	68.0	27.0	41.0	47.0	51.0
James Lane Allen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1901 Appomattox Rd	Lexington	40504	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3456	429	39	11.1	66.7%	108 (25.2%)	72 (16.8%)	222 (51.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.6%)	27.7	520^th of 684 public elementary schools	24.0%		21.8	562^nd of 685 public elementary schools	18.0%	42	31.0	36.0	29.0	33.0	43.0	38.0	41.0	29.0	25.0	39.0
Cardinal Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	218 Mandalay Rd	Lexington	40504	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3340	643	53	12.1	65.5%	42 (6.5%)	85 (13.2%)	497 (77.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.6%)	12.4	629^th of 684 public elementary schools	8.0%		8.3	653^rd of 685 public elementary schools	4.7%	24	33.0		33.0	25.0	20.0	34.0	11.0	11.0	20.0

Cities Near Zip Code 40504

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lexington	0.66 mi	82	164^th
Nicholasville	6.53 mi	12	145^th
Versailles	9.62 mi	7	63^rd
Georgetown	10.16 mi	16	173^rd
Midway	10.77 mi	1	174^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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