Schools in Zip Code 40939

ZIP code 40939 has one listed school, Lone Jack School Center, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 with 196 students. Its 2025–2026 results were above Kentucky’s in 11 of 14 reported subject-and-grade comparisons, making above-state performance the clearest overall finding.

The strongest reported results were eighth-grade social studies, at 67% proficient compared with 39% statewide, a 28-point advantage, and seventh-grade reading, at 72% versus 50%, a 22-point advantage. The clearest shortfalls were fifth-grade editing and mechanics, where 33% were proficient versus 48% statewide, and seventh-grade science, at 22% versus 28%. Fifth-grade math was another weak spot: 29% compared with 43% statewide.

Results improved relative to the state across comparable grade-and-subject comparisons: the average school–state gap increased by 6 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, though science results moved in mixed directions and seventh-grade science remained below the state. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking also rose, from the 23rd percentile and 1 star in 2023–2024 to the 58th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026. For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 13.5 in 2024–2025, and 82% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 33% in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide and 30% in Bell County; the dropout rate was 0%.