Best Public Schools in Zip Code 40508

ZIP code 40508 has seven schools: four elementary schools serving through grade 5, one middle school and two high schools. Results are uneven: elementary-school scores range from well below to well above state results, depending on the school, grade and subject. The clearest finding is that Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary School is the strongest consistent elementary performer, while several other schools have much lower scores.

Maxwell led the elementary schools in every subject-and-grade comparison with reported peer scores. It scored 67% in grade 3 math, compared with 65% at George Washington Carver STEM Academy and 43% statewide; in grade 4 reading, Maxwell scored 77%, versus 55% for the next-highest school and 50% statewide. At the lower end, Booker T Washington Elementary School scored 5% in grade 3 math, 38 points below the state, while William Wells Brown Elementary scored 12% in grade 5 social studies, 26 points below. Carver is a mixed performer: its grade 3 math was 65%, but its grade 4 science was 23%, 17 points below the state. Among secondary schools, Lexington Middle School had a notable grade 8 editing and mechanics score of 47%, five points above the state; The Learning Center scored 9% in grade 8 reading, 31 points below the state. SchoolDigger ranked Maxwell 23rd of 684 elementary schools (97th percentile, five stars), compared with Booker T Washington at 645th (6th percentile, zero stars) and Brown at 617th (10th percentile, zero stars).

Recent results point in different directions rather than showing one area-wide trend. Across matched tests, Carver’s scores rose by an average of 12 points per comparison, while Brown’s fell by an average of 20; Maxwell’s rose by 2 and Booker T Washington’s fell by 3. SchoolDigger percentiles also shifted: Carver rose from 42 to 54 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while Brown fell from 34 to 10. School context varies too: Maxwell’s student–teacher ratio was 15.4 and its free/reduced lunch eligible share was 29% in 2024–2025; Brown’s ratio was 11.6 and its share was 86%. Chronic absenteeism ranged from 8% at Maxwell to 64% at The Learning Center in 2025–2026. Some test scores were suppressed and cannot be compared.