Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 42001

ZIP code 42001 has five elementary schools serving different grade spans: Clark and McNabb serve grades 3–5, Lone Oak Elementary serves PK–3, and Lone Oak Intermediate serves grades 4–5; Concord also serves grades 3–5. In 2025–2026, equal-weighted area averages were above state results in all six reported subjects, including 51% in math versus 43% statewide and 62% in reading versus 50%. But those averages hide large school-to-school differences: the most important finding is that the area is uneven, with strong results at some schools alongside consistently low results at McNabb.

Concord was the most consistently strong across grades 3–5, averaging 64% in math and 71% in reading and leading grade 5 math, science and social studies. Lone Oak Elementary led grade 3 with 77% in math and 84% in reading; those results were 51 and 44 percentage points above McNabb, respectively. Clark led grade 4 math and grade 5 reading, writing, and editing and mechanics. McNabb was below the state in all six subject comparisons and had the lowest results in every reported grade and subject, including 19% in grade 5 math against 43% statewide. Lone Oak Intermediate had reading and writing results above the state, but grade 5 social studies was 35% versus 38% statewide.

Matched results from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 generally improved relative to state changes in science, writing, and editing and mechanics by averages of 8, 15, and 6 percentage points; math and reading each improved by about 1 point relative to the state, while social studies declined by 2 points on average. School trends varied: Clark’s writing rose 28 points while its grade 3 math fell 9, and Lone Oak Intermediate’s grade 4 reading rose 8 points while grade 5 reading fell 6. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose from 7th to 18th for McNabb, while Concord remained at 93rd and Clark rose from 85th to 88th. As context, all five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for sy 2024–2025: shares ranged from 47% at Clark to 91% at McNabb; student-teacher ratios ranged from 11.9 at McNabb to 16.8 at Lone Oak Intermediate. These figures describe different aspects of the schools and do not explain test results.