Schools in Zip Code 41425

ZIP code 41425 has one school, Ezel Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 114 students. Since it is the only school in the ZIP-code group, there is no local school-to-school comparison; the clearest picture comes from its grade-level results compared with Kentucky and Morgan County. The most important finding is that results vary sharply by grade and subject: fifth-grade reading was far above the state, while fourth-grade reading was well below it.

Ezel’s strongest 2025–2026 results were in fifth-grade reading, social studies, and editing and mechanics: scores were 88% versus 51% statewide in reading, 63% versus 38% in social studies, and 69% versus 48% in editing and mechanics. Its clearest weak spots were fourth-grade reading, at 33% versus 50% statewide, and fourth-grade science, at 33% versus 40%; fifth-grade math was also below the state, 38% versus 43%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 219th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools, in the 68th percentile, with 3 stars. These statewide rankings do not identify a local leader or laggard.

Across eight grade-and-subject results available in both years, Ezel’s average fell from 61% in 2024–2025 to 56% in 2025–2026, while Kentucky’s average changed from 44.1% to 43.9%; Ezel’s average lead narrowed from 17 points to 12. Changes differed by grade: fourth-grade reading dropped from 73% to 33%, while fifth-grade reading rose from 77% to 88%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down over three years, from 97th of 685 schools (86th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 219th of 684 (68th percentile) in 2025–2026. As context, the student-teacher ratio was 10.8 in 2024–2025, and 65% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 24%, matching Kentucky and below Morgan County’s 29%.