Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 42378 include one school, Whitesville Elementary School, a pre-K–5 school serving 363 students in Daviess County. Its results are above state averages in math and reading across grades 3–5, but performance varies by grade and subject. The most important takeaway is that fifth grade is a standout, while fourth-grade science is a clear weakness.
Whitesville Elementary stands out most in fifth-grade math and Editing and Mechanics: 67% of fifth graders were proficient in math, 24 percentage points above the state and 14 above the district; 69% were proficient in Editing and Mechanics, 21 points above the state and 12 above the district. At the low end, fourth-grade science proficiency was 30%, 10 points below the state and 15 below the district. Across grades 3–5, average proficiency was 54% in math versus 43% statewide, and 53% in reading versus 50% statewide. Reading is a relative soft spot locally: the school’s average was 3 points below the district’s.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: fifth-grade reading rose 19 points and fifth-grade math rose 12, while fourth-grade reading and science each fell 17 points, and fourth-grade math fell 14. Across nine comparable subject-and-grade results, the school’s average advantage over the state narrowed from 8 points to 7. SchoolDigger ranked the school 234th of 684 elementary schools, in the 66th percentile, in 2025–2026; its ranking history was in the 59th percentile in 2023–2024 and the 71st in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 7% in 2025–2026, compared with 19% in Daviess County and 24% statewide. The reported student-teacher ratio was 15.7 in 2024–2025, and 46% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. With just one school in the ZIP code, there is no school-to-school comparison.
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