Schools in Zip Code 40810

Zip code 40810 has one listed school, Green Hills Elementary School, a PK–8 school with 147 students in Harlan County, so there is no school-to-school comparison. Its 2025–2026 results vary considerably by grade and subject: math proficiency ranges from 25% to 64%, and reading from 42% to 73%. The clearest overall strength is science, especially seventh grade, while some math results are well below the state.

Green Hills is the area’s only school, so it is neither a peer-group leader nor a trailer. Its standout result is seventh-grade science: 67% proficient, compared with 28% statewide and 37% in the Harlan County district. Science averaged 55% across the two grades with results, versus 34% statewide. Math averaged about 42%, nearly matching the state’s 41%, but that average hides sharp differences: fourth-grade math was 64%, 21 points above the state, while third- and eighth-grade math were each 25%—18 and 14 points below their respective state results. Reading averaged about 52%, compared with 49% statewide.

Math results declined on the matched-grade comparison: Green Hills’ average fell 22 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state average fell 1 point. Reading also declined by 10 points, but remained above the state average; sixth-grade reading was an exception, rising 2 points to 73%, or 19 points above the state. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking moved from 117 of 685 schools (83rd percentile) in 2023–2024 to 292 of 684 (57th percentile) in 2025–2026. Context measures include a 13.3 student-teacher ratio and 84% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 25%, compared with 24% statewide and 46% in the district.