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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 42746


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1
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335
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Top rankedMemorial Elementary School480th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools
Summary:

ZIP code 42746 has one listed school, Memorial Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 335 students. Across 17 reported grade-and-subject results for 2025–26, Memorial averaged 33% proficiency, compared with 44% statewide and 34% in Hart County. The most important takeaway is that Memorial’s overall results were 11 percentage points below the state average.

There is no meaningful school-to-school comparison with only one school listed; the clearest standouts are differences among Memorial’s grades. Fifth-grade math matched the state at 43%, and fourth-grade science was close at 39% versus 40%. By contrast, eighth-grade math was 9%, 30 points below the state’s 39%, while eighth-grade editing and mechanics was 16%, 26 points below the state’s 42%. Memorial also outperformed the district in some results, including fifth-grade writing (27% versus 16%) and fourth-grade reading (45% versus 36%).

Results across 15 grade-and-subject combinations reported in both years declined slightly overall: Memorial’s average moved from 36% in 2024–25 to 34% in 2025–26, while the state average shifted from 45% to 44%; the average gap widened from 9 to 10 points. Changes varied: sixth-grade reading rose 13 points, but eighth-grade editing and mechanics fell 15 points. SchoolDigger ranks Memorial 480th of 684 statewide, in the 30th percentile, with two stars for 2025–26. Other context includes a 13.7 student–teacher ratio and 71% eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 18% in 2025–26, below the district’s 22% and state’s 24%.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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