Summary:
Zip code 40943 has one listed school, Girdler Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 5 with 267 students in Knox County. Its 2025–2026 results are mixed by grade, but generally compare favorably with Kentucky’s: the school’s average proficiency across grades 3–5 was 53% in math and 59% in reading, compared with state averages of 43% and 50%. The most important finding is that Girdler was above the state in seven of eight comparable grade-and-subject results.
Because it is the only school listed, there is no meaningful local top-or-bottom ranking; the clearest standouts are within its grade-level results. Grade 5 was especially strong compared with the state: writing was 58% versus 35%, editing and mechanics 70% versus 48%, reading 67% versus 51%, and math 58% versus 43%. The main counterpoint is grade 4 reading, at 43% compared with 50% statewide. Grade 4 science was 40%, equal to Kentucky but below Knox County at 53%.
Results improved substantially in most comparable subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, including grade 5 math, which rose from 23% to 58%, and grade 5 reading, from 35% to 67%; grade 4 reading went the other way, falling from 63% to 43%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking rose from 388th of 685 schools, in the 43rd percentile with two stars, to 178th of 684, in the 74th percentile with four stars. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 12.9 in 2024–2025, and 87% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 32% in 2025–2026—above Kentucky’s 24% but below the county’s 40%.
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