Best Public Schools in Zip Code 42031

ZIP code 42031 has two schools: Hickman County Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6, and Hickman County High School, serving grades 7–12. In 2025–2026, elementary students tested in grades 3–6 and high-school students in grades 7–11; both schools had the same reported results for each test entry. Overall, results vary sharply by grade and subject: high school’s standout is writing, while elementary’s is reading, and neither school is uniformly above the state.

Hickman County High School stands out most in writing: grade 8 proficiency was 81%, compared with 48% statewide, and grade 11 was 68% versus 47%—an average advantage of 27 points. Hickman County Elementary School’s strongest broad subject was reading, averaging 56% across grades 3–6 versus 51% statewide; grade 5 reading was its high point at 67% versus 51%. The clearest weak spots are elementary grade 3 math, at 30% versus 43% statewide, and high-school grade 11 editing and mechanics, at 32% versus 40%. High-school grade 11 social studies was also below the state, 30% versus 37%.

Recent changes favor elementary overall, while high school’s performance has been more mixed. Across 11 comparable grade-and-subject results, elementary’s school-to-state gaps improved by an average of 8 points; grade 5 reading rose from 32% versus 50% to 67% versus 51%. High school’s average gap across 12 comparable results shifted down by about 1 point, even as grade 10 math climbed from 21% to 47% and grade 7 reading from 37% to 67%. SchoolDigger rankings also moved: elementary reached the 56th percentile in 2025–2026, up from the 34th percentile the year before, while high school was at the 68th percentile after reaching the 51st percentile in 2024–2025. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 14.2 at elementary and 13.1 at high school; free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 62% and 58%, respectively. High school graduation was 89% versus 94% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 15% at high school and 9% at elementary, below the state’s 24% at both schools. High-school science results were suppressed, so no figure is available.