Summary:
ZIP code 42236 has one listed school, South Christian Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 554 students. Its results are mixed: Reading is stronger than the Kentucky average, while Mathematics is weaker overall. The clearest concern is fifth-grade Mathematics, where 28% of students were proficient, 15 percentage points below the state’s 43%.
Because it is the only listed school, there is no meaningful within-ZIP ranking or comparison. Its strongest results against Kentucky in 2025–2026 were grade 5 Editing and Mechanics, at 61% versus 48% statewide, and Reading: the school exceeded the state by 2 points in grade 3, 9 in grade 4, and 8 in grade 5. Grade 4 Science was also 8 points above the state. The main weaker results were grade 5 Mathematics, 15 points below the state, and grade 5 Social Studies, 6 points below. Across grades 3–5, average Mathematics proficiency was 38% at the school and 43% statewide; average Reading proficiency was 56% and 50%, respectively.
Results shifted unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: grade 4 Mathematics rose 12 points, while grade 5 Mathematics fell 23 points; Reading rose in grades 3 and 5 but fell 4 points in grade 4. Across ten matched subject-and-grade results, the school’s average lead over the state narrowed from 4 percentage points to 2. SchoolDigger rated the school three stars and placed it at the 57th percentile in 2025–2026, down 8 percentile points from 2023–2024. Context measures include a 14.2 student–teacher ratio and 65% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 18%, below the Christian County district’s 21% and Kentucky’s 24%; these figures describe separate measures, not a proven connection.
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