Summary:
ZIP code 40601 has two Franklin County middle schools, Elkhorn Middle School and Bondurant Middle School, and both serve grades 6–8. In 2025–26, enrollment was 725 at Elkhorn and 600 at Bondurant. Across ten reported grade-and-subject results, Elkhorn averaged 35% proficient and Bondurant 36%, compared with 42% for the state; overall, the area’s two-school average was 7 percentage points below the state.
Bondurant has a small overall edge, but neither school leads across subjects. Its 2025–26 averages were 33% in math and 44% in reading, compared with 32% and 41% at Elkhorn. The clearest grade-level advantage was Bondurant’s 7th-grade reading result: 51% proficient versus 39% at Elkhorn, a 12-point gap. Elkhorn led in 8th-grade social studies, 38% to 28%, while Bondurant led in 7th-grade science, 27% to 18%. Both schools had 45% in writing and 30% in editing and mechanics; that last result was 12 points below the state average. Writing was closer to the state: 45% for both schools versus 48% statewide.
Recent results show mixed movement rather than a consistent upward trend: Elkhorn’s overall average fell 3 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while Bondurant’s rose 1 point. Writing improved at both schools—up 9 points at Elkhorn and 3 at Bondurant—while editing and mechanics fell 14 and 11 points, respectively. SchoolDigger rates both schools one star statewide: Elkhorn ranks 238 of 326 (27th percentile), and Bondurant ranks 231 of 326 (29th percentile). Bondurant’s student–teacher ratio is 15.0, compared with 16.4 at Elkhorn; free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25 was 55% at Bondurant and 59% at Elkhorn. These figures compare different school-year cohorts, not the same students over time.
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