Summary:
Pembroke Elementary School is the only school listed in ZIP code 42266, serving prekindergarten through Grade 5 with 597 students. Its test results cover Grades 3–5 and can be compared with Kentucky and Christian County, but there are no other ZIP-code schools to compare. Results vary substantially by grade: the most important finding is that Grade 3 math proficiency is strong, while Grade 4 and Grade 5 math results are below state and district rates.
Grade 3 math is the clearest high point: 55% were proficient in 2025–2026, 12 percentage points above Kentucky’s 43% and 13 points above the district’s 42%. Grade 4 math is the lowest result among the reported subjects, at 28%—15 points below the state and 9 below the district. Other notable shortfalls are Grade 5 writing at 24%, 11 points below the state, and Grade 5 editing and mechanics at 36%, 12 points below the state and 15 below the district. Grade 3 reading also exceeded the state rate, at 53% versus 49%.
Overall results declined between the two test years, despite some improvements: the average across 10 subject-grade results fell from 42% in 2024–2025 to 38% in 2025–2026, while Kentucky’s average stayed around 44%; the school’s average gap from the state widened by 4 points. Grade 5 social studies and editing and mechanics fell by 16 and 17 points, respectively, while Grade 3 math rose 13 points and Grade 4 science rose 7. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 47th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 32nd percentile in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 16.1 student-teacher ratio and 66% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 19% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 21% and Kentucky’s 24%.
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