Schools in Zip Code 42210

Zip code 42210 has three public schools serving grades 5–12 in Edmonson County, with 1,067 students across the 5/6 Center, middle school, and high school. The clearest difference is between grade spans: Edmonson County 5/6 Center had markedly weak 5th-grade results, while Edmonson County Middle School performed above its grade-specific state benchmarks overall. At the 5/6 Center, 5th-grade Math was 19% proficient versus 43% statewide, while its 6th-grade Math was 49% versus 42% statewide. The most important takeaway is that the 5/6 Center’s overall results conceal a sharp contrast between its 5th- and 6th-grade results.

The middle school stands out most positively, averaging 5 points above state results across its eight reported subject-and-grade comparisons; its strongest result was 8th-grade Editing and Mechanics, at 60% versus 42% statewide, an 18-point lead. The 5/6 Center was lowest, averaging 13 points below state results across six comparisons, with 5th-grade Reading, Social Studies, and Editing and Mechanics also 18, 20, and 16 points below state results. Edmonson County High School averaged at the state benchmark overall across six comparisons, with stronger results in Editing and Mechanics and Science, but Reading was 8 points below. These averages summarize different grade spans, rather than direct same-grade comparisons between schools.

Compared with 2024–2025, the average school-versus-state gap across paired results worsened by 2 points, but the high school improved relative to the state by 5 points overall; the 5/6 Center’s paired gaps worsened by 35 points in total and the middle school’s by 13. SchoolDigger rates the high school and middle school 3 stars, at the 56th and 67th percentiles in 2025–2026; the 5/6 Center’s supplied ranking is older, at the 68th percentile in 2016–2017. The district has a 4-star SchoolDigger rating. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 15.5 at the high school and middle school and 17.7 at the 5/6 Center; free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 58%, 65%, and 57%, respectively. Chronic absenteeism was 33% at the high school and middle school, compared with 24% statewide, while the 5/6 Center was at 23%.