Schools in Zip Code 42217

Zip code 42217 has one listed school, Crofton Elementary School, serving PK–5 in Christian County. With no other schools in the ZIP code, families can compare Crofton’s results across grades and subjects, but not against local school peers. The most important finding is that results vary widely: 2025–2026 proficiency ranged from 55% in grade 4 reading to 25% in grade 5 social studies.

Grade 4 is Crofton’s strongest area, while several grade 5 results are well below state figures. In 2025–2026, grade 4 science was 52%, 12 percentage points above the state, and grade 4 mathematics was 54%, 11 points above; grade 4 reading was also above the state at 55% versus 50%. At the other end, grade 5 social studies was 25%, 13 points below the state, and grade 5 reading was 39%, 12 points below. Editing and mechanics was 39%, 9 points below. These differences mean a broad label for the school would miss important variation by grade and subject.

Overall results weakened between the two years reported: Crofton’s average across the listed subject-and-grade results fell from 49% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026, while the state average was 44% in the latest year. Grade 4 science improved from 45% to 52%, but grade 5 reading fell from 57% to 39%, and grade 4 and 5 mathematics each fell 17 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking moved from 254th of 685 schools in 2023–2024 to 385th of 684 in 2025–2026, while its percentile standing fell from 63rd to 44th; the current Christian County listing is 111th of 158 with 2 stars. Crofton enrolls 378 students, has a 15.1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025, and reported 70% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was lower than district and state figures: 16% compared with 21% and 24%, respectively, in 2025–2026.