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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 42159


At a glance
1
School
432
Students
Top rankedOakland Elementary586th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Oakland Elementary up 22 spots statewide this year
Summary:

Schools in ZIP code 42159 include one school, Oakland Elementary, which serves prekindergarten through sixth grade in Warren County and enrolls 432 students. The most important finding is that fifth-grade writing is a clear bright spot: 48% of students were proficient, 13 percentage points above the state’s 35%, while every other listed subject result was below the state.

Within the school’s results, writing stands out at the top, while math and science are the clearest areas of concern. Across grades 3–6, math proficiency averaged 24%, compared with 43% statewide—a 19-point gap; fourth-grade science was 21%, versus 40% statewide. Reading averaged 36% compared with 51% statewide, while fifth-grade social studies was 20% versus 38%, and editing and mechanics was 32% versus 48%. There is only one school in the list, so a school-to-school comparison is not possible.

Results improved overall in the latest year, but the gains were uneven. Writing rose from 22% to 48%, moving from 16 points below the state to 13 points above it; science and social studies also improved. By contrast, math fell by about 3 points, and its gap with the state widened. Across the 12 listed results, the school’s average rose by about 3 points, compared with about 1 point statewide. SchoolDigger’s ranking also rose, from the 6th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 14th percentile in 2025–2026, and its star rating increased from 0 to 1. Contextual figures include a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1 in 2024–2025 and 75% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 20%, below the state’s 24% but above Warren County’s 13%.

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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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