Summary:
ZIP code 40505 has 10 schools serving elementary, middle and high school grades, with 6,695 students in all. The group includes seven elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school; school enrollments range from 322 to 2,030. The clearest overall finding is that elementary results vary sharply from school to school, so the ZIP code alone does not describe a typical academic experience.
Meadowthorpe Elementary School is the clear elementary standout: in 2025–2026, its fifth-grade scores were 83% in math, 87% in reading and 84% in editing and mechanics. Those results led the next-highest area school by 36 points in math, 40 in reading and 50 in editing and mechanics. At the other end, fifth-grade editing and mechanics was 14% at Northern Elementary School, a 70-point gap from Meadowthorpe; SchoolDigger ranked Northern 644 of 684 elementary schools, in the 6th percentile, while Meadowthorpe ranked 31 of 684, in the 95th percentile, with five stars. Arlington Elementary School was also near the bottom in SchoolDigger’s rankings, at 637 of 684, in the 7th percentile, with zero stars.
Recent changes are mixed rather than a broad improvement: matched elementary results rose an average of 4 points in reading and 9 points in fourth-grade science over the two test years, but fell 12 points in writing. Among middle schools, Bryan Station Middle School gained ground in SchoolDigger’s ranking, moving from the 33rd to the 57th percentile; Crawford Middle School moved from the 26th to the 31st. All schools report free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) for 2024–2025; the share ranges from 48% at Meadowthorpe to 85% at Arlington, an observation that does not explain test results. Ratios also do not sort neatly with scores: Arlington’s is 11.0, while Meadowthorpe’s is 12.7. The sole high school, Bryan Station High School, remained below state results in all six reported subjects, by 2 to 8 points; its 43% chronic absenteeism was 20 points above the state.
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