Summary:
Schools in zip code 42156 consist of one school, Austin Tracy Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through sixth grade and enrolling 346 students. Its 2025–2026 results show a sharply uneven picture across grades and subjects: sixth-grade math was a clear strength, while several reading and writing results fell below state levels.
Because it is the only school listed, Austin Tracy is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in the area; those labels do not provide a meaningful school-to-school comparison. Its strongest reported result was sixth-grade math: 64% proficient, 22 percentage points above the state’s 42%. Its weakest was fifth-grade writing: 16%, 19 points below the state’s 35%. Other notable gaps were fourth-grade reading at 34% versus 50% statewide and fifth-grade editing and mechanics at 30% versus 48%. Among reported grades, the school averaged 3 points above the state in math but 8 points below in reading.
Results moved in different directions rather than improving consistently. Across nine grade-and-subject results available in both years, the school’s average fell from 41% in 2024–2025 to 39% in 2025–2026, while the state’s average rose from 45% to 46%; the school-to-state gap widened by 3 points. Third-grade reading rose 23 points and sixth-grade math rose 11, but fifth-grade writing fell 23 points and editing and mechanics fell 18. SchoolDigger rated the school 2 stars and ranked it 470 of 684 schools, at the 31st percentile, in 2025–2026. Other context includes a 14.4 student–teacher ratio and 58% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 15% in 2025–2026, compared with 17% in Barren County and 24% statewide.
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