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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 42071

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Schools

4,694

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedMurray Middle School6^th of 326 Kentucky middle schools

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Biggest riser

Murray Middle School up 3 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

East Calloway Elementary School 14.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 42071 includes 10 schools: four elementary schools, two middle schools, and four high-school-level entries, including an alternative program and a day-treatment school. The results show strong performance overall, but meaningful differences between schools and subjects. The clearest distinction is that Murray Middle School consistently outperformed Calloway County Middle School in their shared grades.

Murray Middle School led its middle-school counterpart in every reported grade 6–8 math and reading comparison in 2025–2026, with gaps of 10 to 29 points; its grade 7 science result was 17 points higher. Among elementary schools, Southwest Calloway Elementary School stood out in grade 3 math and reading and grade 4 math, reading, and science. But results vary sharply: in grade 4 math, Southwest Calloway scored 70% and East Calloway Elementary School 34%, a 36-point gap. East Calloway showed the reverse in grade 5 writing, scoring 77% to Southwest Calloway’s 43%. At the high-school level, Murray High School led Calloway County High School in five of six subjects, while Calloway County High had the higher graduation rate: 98% versus 97%.

Recent matched results show no clear overall shift: the average math advantage over the state narrowed by about 1 point, while the reading advantage grew by about 1 point. SchoolDigger ranked Murray Middle 6th of 326 statewide and placed Murray High School 14th of 262 in 2025–2026; Murray Middle’s SchoolDigger percentile also rose from 93 to 98 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. School context differs as well: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 47% at Murray Middle and 57% at Calloway County Middle, while their student-teacher ratios were 14.6 and 16.1, respectively.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)							KSA Reading (2026)							KSA Science (2026)			KSA Writing (2026)			KSA Social Studies (2026)			KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Murray/Calloway County Area Technical Center	Public	8-12	126 Robertson Rd. North	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Kentucky Technical System	No	No	No	No	(270) 753-1870	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Calloway County High School	Public	9-12	2108 College Farm Rd	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Calloway County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 762-7375	824	47	17.6	54.6%	691 (83.9%)	11 (1.3%)	83 (10.1%)	8 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.5%)	69.3	62^nd of 262 public high schools	76.3%		80.1	31^st of 254 public high schools	87.8%	31							46.0							53.0			30.0			49.0			43.0			58.0	$16,993	$1,116	$12,543
East Calloway Elementary School	Public	K-5	1169 Pottertown Rd	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Calloway County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 762-7325	310	22	14.3	65.5%	268 (86.5%)	6 (1.9%)	28 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	59.5	248^th of 684 public elementary schools	63.7%		60.3	248^th of 685 public elementary schools	63.8%		58.0	34.0	37.0					48.0	51.0	58.0					45.0			77.0			30.0			74.0			$18,312	$1,800	$13,182
North Calloway Elementary School	Public	K-5	2928 Brinn Rd	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Calloway County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 762-7335	596	41	14.6	63.8%	460 (77.2%)	24 (4.0%)	67 (11.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.0%)	69.1	179^th of 684 public elementary schools	73.8%		73.3	152^nd of 685 public elementary schools	77.8%	27	53.0	43.0	61.0					60.0	48.0	67.0					39.0			44.0			58.0			65.0			$16,414	$1,677	$11,398
Southwest Calloway Elementary School	Public	K-5	3426 Wiswell Rd	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Calloway County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 762-7345	399	27	15.0	51.9%	347 (87.0%)	7 (1.8%)	23 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.8%)	88	52^nd of 684 public elementary schools	92.4%		88.1	51^st of 685 public elementary schools	92.6%	1	77.0	70.0	70.0					77.0	68.0	70.0					68.0			43.0			57.0			60.0			$17,093	$1,124	$12,640
Calloway County Middle School	Public	6-8	2112 College Farm Rd	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Calloway County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 762-7355	607	38	16.1	57.2%	512 (84.3%)	11 (1.8%)	50 (8.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.1%)	73.6	62^nd of 326 public middle schools	81.0%		74.9	59^th of 320 public middle schools	81.6%	3				53.0	50.0	46.0					63.0	49.0	53.0			38.0			78.0			53.0			51.0		$16,027	$1,428	$11,268
Calloway County Day Treatment	Public	6-12	2003 College Farm Rd	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Calloway County	No	No	No	No	(270) 762-7318	7	4	1.7	—	7 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																											$47,281	$2,330	$41,621
Calloway County Alternative Program	Public, Virtual	6-12	2003 College Farm Rd	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Calloway County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 762-7318	110	1	110.0	67.3%	94 (85.5%)	3 (2.7%)	3 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	8 (7.3%)								(n/a)																										12.0	$8,404	$1,025	$4,048
Murray Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	111 Broach Ave	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Murray Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 753-5022	589	41	14.5	48.2%	442 (75.0%)	31 (5.3%)	44 (7.5%)	14 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	55 (9.3%)								(n/a)	68.0							76.0
Murray Middle School	Public	4-8	801 Main St	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Murray Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 753-5125	645	44	14.6	47.4%	492 (76.3%)	30 (4.7%)	58 (9.0%)	17 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.1%)	96	6^th of 326 public middle schools	98.2%		92.5	9^th of 320 public middle schools	97.2%	3		67.0	69.0	80.0	74.0	62.0			72.0	72.0	81.0	78.0	63.0		64.0	55.0		63.0	85.0		53.0	55.0		66.0	70.0
Murray High School	Public	9-12	1800 Sycamore St	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Murray Independent	No	No	No	No	(270) 753-5202	607	36	17.0	44.5%	448 (73.8%)	47 (7.7%)	41 (6.8%)	24 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.7%)	88.2	14^th of 262 public high schools	94.7%		89.1	13^th of 254 public high schools	94.9%	1							62.0							65.0			38.0			67.0			48.0			56.0

Cities Near Zip Code 42071

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Murray	0.65 mi	13	29^th
Benton	13.08 mi	10	160^th
Mayfield	16.33 mi	11	51^st
Calvert City	24.36 mi	2	119^th
Symsonia	25.41 mi	1	11^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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