Summary:
Zip code 42202 has one listed public school, Adairville Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 344 students. Its 2025–2026 results are above the state average across the 20 reported subject-and-grade results: 48% proficient compared with 43% statewide, a 5-point advantage, and the school exceeded the state in 14 of the 20 results. The most important takeaway is that this overall advantage hides sharp weaknesses in grade 5.
Because Adairville is the only school listed, it is both the area’s strongest and weakest school by default; its standout results are in science and social studies, while its lowest results are concentrated in grade 5. In 7th-grade science, 60% were proficient versus 28% statewide, a 32-point lead; in 8th-grade social studies, the figures were 66% versus 39%, a 27-point lead. By contrast, grade 5 reading was 27% versus 51% statewide (24 points lower), writing was 12% versus 35% (23 points lower), and editing and mechanics was 27% versus 48% (21 points lower). These contrasts make grade-specific results more informative than the school-wide average for families considering particular grades.
Across the 18 subject-and-grade results available in both years, Adairville’s average position relative to the state improved by 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but results varied substantially: 7th-grade science rose from 41% to 60%, while grade 5 writing fell from 37% to 12%. SchoolDigger rates Adairville at 2 stars and ranks it 405th of 684 schools, in the 41st percentile, down from the 49th percentile in 2023–2024. Context figures include a 12.7 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 50% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these describe the school but do not explain its test results. Since the zip code has only one listed school, there is no local school-to-school comparison.
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