Summary:
Zip code 42746 has one elementary school, Memorial Elementary School, serving PK–8 and enrolling 335 students; its results are compared with Hart County and Kentucky. In 2025–2026, its results varied by grade: grade 5 math was 43%, matching the state and 12 points above the district, while grade 4 science was 39%, 1 point below the state and 9 points above the district. The most important concern is grade 8, where math was 9%—30 points below the state—and editing and mechanics was 16%—26 points below the state.
With only one school, there is no local school-to-school ranking; the strongest and weakest results are within this school. Grade 5 was a relative bright spot: social studies was 35%, 3 points below the state and 8 above the district; writing was 27%, 8 below the state but 11 above the district. By contrast, grade 8 reading was 19%, 21 points below the state and 11 below the district, while grade 8 social studies was 22%, 17 points below the state. Across reported grades, reading averaged 38% versus 49% statewide, and math averaged 30% versus 42% statewide, so neither subject was close to the state average.
Overall results dipped slightly year over year, with uneven changes by test: the average across matched tests fell 2 points at Memorial, while the state average was nearly unchanged. Some results improved, including grade 6 reading, up 13 points to 48%, while grade 8 editing and mechanics fell 15 points to 16%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 480th of 684 in 2025–2026, at the 30th percentile with 2 stars; it had risen from the 21st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 32nd in 2024–2025 before slipping. For context, its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 13.7, and 71% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 18%, below the district’s 22% and the state’s 24%.
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