Summary:
ZIP code 42458 has one listed school, Spottsville Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 514 students. With no other school in the ZIP-code group, families can compare its results with state and district figures, but not with a nearby school in this list. The most important finding is that in 2025–2026 the school’s reported proficiency rates were above Kentucky’s in every tested subject and grade.
Spottsville Elementary School stands out most in grade 5 mathematics and editing and mechanics, where 81% of students were proficient—38 and 33 percentage points above the state rates, respectively. Across grades 3–5, its average was 69% in math, 26 points above the state average, and 71% in reading, 21 points above the state average. Results were lower in social studies (56%) and writing (57%), but still exceeded state rates by 18 and 22 points. Within the school, social studies was the lowest reported result; there is no separate “bottom” school in this one-school list. Math results varied more by grade than reading: 60% to 81% in math and 65% to 79% in reading.
Results changed unevenly between the two school years: grade 4 math rose 6 points and grade 4 science rose 3, while writing fell 11 points and social studies fell 10. Across the ten comparable results, the school’s average advantage over the state narrowed from 26 points to 23. SchoolDigger ranked the school 39th of 684 in 2025–2026, at the 94th percentile with five stars, compared with 23rd of 685 and the 97th percentile the year before. As additional context, the student-teacher ratio was 16 in 2024–2025, and 44% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–2026, below Henderson County at 19% and the state at 24%.
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