Schools in Zip Code 40729

ZIP code 40729 has two elementary schools: East Bernstadt Elementary School serves PK–8, and Hazel Green Elementary School serves PK–5. Across the 29 reported school-grade results in 2025–26, 24 were above the state result for the same grade. The clearest area-wide strength is writing and social studies: schools averaged 34 points and 25 points above the state, respectively, compared with 7 points in math and 4 in science.

The schools have different strengths rather than one clear overall leader. East Bernstadt Elementary School led in shared reading results, scoring 60% to Hazel Green’s 56% in grade 3 and 69% to 57% in grade 4; it also led in grade 4 science, 45% to 39%. Hazel Green Elementary School led in math across grades 3–5, including the largest school-to-school gap: 64% to 41% in grade 5. It also led grade 5 social studies, 77% to 61%. A local lead does not always mean a result is above state: Hazel Green’s grade 4 math score was 41%, 2 points below the state, while East Bernstadt scored 32%, 11 points below. Hazel Green’s grade 5 reading result is suppressed by the state.

Results have weakened in several matched grades, though there are exceptions. East Bernstadt’s math scores fell in all six matched grades, with an average decline of 8 points; its average reading result across six matched grades declined 6 points. Hazel Green’s average math result across grades 3–5 fell 12 points, while its grade 5 social studies score rose from 69% to 77%. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings remain around the 80th percentile, but both schools have slipped since 2023–24: East Bernstadt moved from the 86th to the 80th percentile, and Hazel Green from the 88th to the 82nd. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 64% at East Bernstadt and 85% at Hazel Green; student–teacher ratios were 16.4 and 15.7. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 16% at East Bernstadt and 30% at Hazel Green, compared with 24% statewide. East Bernstadt is the only school with grades 6–8, and test-taker counts are not available.