Summary:
Zip code 41018 has one listed middle school, Tichenor Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in the Erlanger-Elsmere Independent district. It enrolls 505 students; in 2024–2025, its student-teacher ratio was 14:1 and 88% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. The key takeaway is that its latest average in math and reading was close to the state average, but that overall picture masks substantial 8th-grade reading and writing gaps.
There is no within-area top or bottom school because Tichenor is the only middle school in the list. Compared with Kentucky in 2025–2026, its strongest results were 8th-grade math, at 42% versus 39%, and 6th-grade reading, at 56% versus 54%. Its largest shortfalls were 8th-grade writing, 35% versus 48%, and 8th-grade reading, 29% versus 40%. Tichenor also scored above the district in all 10 reported subject-and-grade comparisons, by 1–3 percentage points, including results that remained below the state.
Math and reading results improved overall: across the six grade-level results, Tichenor’s average rose from 34% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026, while the state average stayed at 44%; the school’s average gap narrowed from 10 points below to 2 points below. Sixth-grade math and reading each rose 18 points, while 8th-grade writing fell 3 points and moved 2 points farther behind the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from the 20th percentile in 2024–2025 (257 of 320 schools) to the 36th percentile in 2025–2026 (210 of 326). Chronic absenteeism was also lower than the comparison figures: 15% at Tichenor, versus 19% districtwide and 24% statewide.
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