Summary:
ZIP code 42003 has one listed middle school, Lone Oak Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 702 students. Its results offer a strong comparison with the state and McCracken County, but there is no other listed school to compare locally. The clearest finding for parents is that in 2025–2026 Lone Oak exceeded the state in all 10 reported subject-and-grade results.
Lone Oak is both the top and bottom school in this one-school list, rather than a winner in a school-to-school comparison. Its state advantages ranged from 11 percentage points in sixth-grade Mathematics (53% versus 42%) to 23 points in eighth-grade Writing (71% versus 48%); its average advantage across the 10 results was 19 points. The school also exceeded district results in all 10 comparisons, although by just 1 point in eighth-grade Editing and Mechanics (62% versus 61%). Within the school’s results, proficiency was highest at 71% in sixth-grade Reading and eighth-grade Writing, and lowest at 48% in seventh-grade Science.
Results remained well above the state, but the overall advantage narrowed slightly from the prior year: Lone Oak’s average across the 10 results fell by 3 points, from 65% in 2024–2025 to 61% in 2025–2026, while the state average fell by 1 point. Several eighth-grade results declined, including Social Studies and Editing and Mechanics, each down 9 points; grade 7 Mathematics rose 1 point and grade 7 Reading rose 5. SchoolDigger ranked Lone Oak 22nd of 326 statewide schools (93rd percentile) in 2025–2026, compared with 16th of 320 (95th percentile) the year before. Context figures include a 14.7 student-teacher ratio and 48% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these describe the school, not the cause of its results.
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