Summary:
Zip code 42721 has one listed school, Caneyville Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 378 students, in Grayson County. The main concern is that its results fell well below state results in 2025–2026: across nine comparable grade-and-subject results, the school averaged 32% proficient, versus 45% statewide, a gap of 13 percentage points.
Caneyville is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this list because it is the only one; that does not establish how it compares with schools outside the list. Against Kentucky results in 2025–2026, it was below the state in every reported grade-subject result. Grade 3 mathematics was closest, at 42% versus 43%, while grade 5 editing and mechanics had the largest gap, at 29% versus 48%. The previous year offered some brighter comparisons: grade 3 mathematics was 47% versus 43% statewide, and grade 5 reading was 51% versus 50%.
Results weakened across most matched subjects: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, mathematics fell 5 to 14 percentage points across grades 3–5, reading fell 4 to 16 points, and grade 5 editing and mechanics fell 20 points. The state’s SchoolDigger ranking also declined, from the 46th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 17th percentile in 2025–2026. Attendance is a more favorable comparison: chronic absenteeism was 18% at Caneyville, versus 24% statewide. In 2024–2025, the school’s student-teacher ratio was 14.9, and 71% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures provide context, not an explanation for test results. Because only one school is listed, the data cannot support comparisons among local schools.
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