Schools in Zip Code 42376

ZIP code 42376 has one listed school, Southern Oaks Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in Daviess County. With no other school listed in the ZIP code, parents can compare its results with district and state figures, but not with another local school. The most important finding is that Southern Oaks was above Kentucky in all ten reported subject-and-grade results for 2025–26.

Southern Oaks’ strongest state comparison was fourth-grade math, where 58% of students were proficient, 15 percentage points above the state; its smallest advantage was in fifth-grade social studies, at 42% compared with 38% statewide. Across all ten results, its average was 53%, versus 44% for the state and 51% for the district. Results were more mixed against the district: Southern Oaks was higher in four comparisons, tied in two, and lower in four. Its largest district advantage was 7 points in third-grade math, while fifth-grade social studies was 6 points below the district.

Recent results show both gains and setbacks: the ten-result average slipped from 53.4% to 52.7% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while the state average was essentially steady at 43.7% and 44.0%. Math improved by 2 points on average and reading by 4, but writing fell 12 points; science, social studies, and editing and mechanics also declined. SchoolDigger ranked Southern Oaks 180th of 684 schools (74th percentile) in 2025–26, close to 175th (74th percentile) the year before and up from 276th (60th percentile) in 2023–24. Context figures include a 16.7 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 54% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 10% in 2025–26, compared with 19% districtwide and 24% statewide.