Summary:
ZIP code 42127 has one school, Caverna Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through Grade 5 with 330 students. With no other local schools for comparison, the most useful reference points are Kentucky’s results and the school’s own performance over time. In 2025–2026, the school was below the state in four of its five reported subject-and-grade results; the largest gap was fourth-grade math, where 8% were proficient compared with 43% statewide, or 35 points lower.
Fifth-grade writing was the school’s standout current result: 36% proficient, 1 point above the state’s 35%. The other reported results were lower than state figures: third-grade math was 23% versus 43% (20 points lower), fifth-grade reading was 23% versus 51% (28 points lower), and fifth-grade social studies was 9% versus 38% (29 points lower). Fourth-grade math was the weakest result relative to the state, at 8% versus 43%. Thus, writing is a notable exception, but the available results do not show a broad pattern of matching or exceeding state proficiency. The state suppressed some other 2025–2026 results, and no school-to-school comparison is possible in this ZIP code.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: fifth-grade writing rose from 9% to 36%, moving from 29 points below the state to 1 point above, while fourth-grade math fell from 21% to 8%, widening its state gap from 23 to 35 points. Third-grade math stayed at 23%, and fifth-grade reading stayed at 23%; social studies rose from 6% to 9%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also improved, from 653rd of 685 schools (5th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 625th of 684 (9th percentile) in 2025–2026. For context, 76% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 14.5:1 that year; these describe the school but do not explain its test results.
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