Summary:
Zip code 41222 has one school, Porter Elementary School, which serves prekindergarten through grade 6. In 2025–2026, its average proficiency was 65% in mathematics and 64% in reading for grades 3–6, compared with 43% and 51% statewide. Porter also scored above the state in every reported subject and grade, making its broad advantage over statewide proficiency the clearest finding for local families.
With no other school in the zip code, there is no local top or bottom school to compare; within Porter’s results, editing and mechanics stands out as the strongest area, while science is the clearest relative weakness. Grade 5 editing and mechanics proficiency was 80%, 32 percentage points above the state’s 48%. By contrast, grade 4 science was 42%—only 2 points above the state, and 12 points below the 54% in the Johnson County district. Porter was also ahead of the state in grade 5 writing and social studies by 16 and 14 points, respectively.
Results declined in most subjects with two years of comparable data, although Porter remained above the state in every latest-year comparison. Its four-grade average fell 3 points in math, from 68% to 65%, and 4 points in reading, from 68% to 64%; grade 4 math fell 15 points, while grade 3 and grade 5 math rose. SchoolDigger ranked Porter 96th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools in 2025–2026 (86th percentile, 4 stars), down from 48th of 685 (93rd percentile, 5 stars) the prior year. The school enrolls 431 students, its student-teacher ratio was 15 in 2024–2025, and 54% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 25%, compared with 36% districtwide and 24% statewide. These figures describe the school but offer no local peer comparison.
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