Summary:
Zip code 41006 has two elementary schools serving prekindergarten through grade 5: Northern Elementary School and Grant’s Lick Elementary School. In 2025–2026, their average across reported test results was 52%, compared with 44% for the state. The clearest takeaway for families is that results differ substantially between the two schools, particularly in math and reading.
Grant’s Lick stands out overall: its average was 60%, versus 45% at Northern, a 15-point gap. Grant’s Lick scored above the state in all 10 reported subject-and-grade results. Its math average was 68%, compared with Northern’s 42%, and its reading average was 68%, compared with Northern’s 50%. The largest individual gaps were in third-grade math (71% versus 26%) and third-grade reading (73% versus 39%). Northern’s exceptions include fifth-grade writing, where it led 43% to 40%, and editing and mechanics, where it led 51% to 46%. SchoolDigger ranked Grant’s Lick 113th of 684 schools, at the 83rd percentile, and Northern 336th, at the 51st percentile, in 2025–2026.
Across the two schools, the average fell from 56% in 2024–2025 to 52% in 2025–2026, while the group’s advantage over the state narrowed from 12 points to 8; science was a notable exception, rising by 8 points. SchoolDigger’s three-year percentiles rose from 73 to 83 for Grant’s Lick and fell from 58 to 51 for Northern. In 2024–2025, Northern enrolled 501 students, had a 15.9 student-teacher ratio, and 59% were free/reduced lunch eligible; Grant’s Lick enrolled 326, had a 16.9 ratio, and 45% were free/reduced lunch eligible. These school-level figures are context, not explanations for test results.
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