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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 42776

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474

Students

Top rankedCreekside Elementary School289^th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Summary:

Zip code 42776 has one elementary school, Creekside Elementary School, in the Hardin County district; it serves prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolls 474 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s nine reported grade-and-subject results averaged 52%, compared with 49% for Kentucky, a 3-point advantage. That average is not a student-weighted overall rate, and it masks sharp differences across grades and subjects. The most important finding is that Creekside is slightly above the state on average, but its results range from a large strength in third-grade math to substantial shortfalls in fourth-grade science and reading.

Creekside’s strongest comparison with the state was third-grade math: 66% proficient versus 43%, or 23 points higher. Fifth-grade math was 10 points above the state, and fifth-grade social studies was 9 points higher. The clearest shortfall was fourth-grade science, at 26% versus 40% statewide, 14 points lower; fourth-grade reading was also below the state, at 39% versus 50%, an 11-point gap. The latest results also put fifth-grade writing 5 points below the state and editing and mechanics 2 points below. Because this is the only school in the list, there is no school-to-school leader or lowest-performing school to compare.

Results changed unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: third-grade math rose 22 points and fourth-grade math rose 11, while fifth-grade math fell 7. Third-grade reading gained 11 points, but fourth- and fifth-grade reading fell 15 and 16 points; fifth-grade writing dropped 23 points. Creekside’s simple average declined from 57% to 52%, while its advantage over the state narrowed from 8 points to 3. SchoolDigger ranked the school 289th of 684 in 2025–2026, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars; its percentile had been 50th in 2023–2024 and 66th in 2024–2025. The student-teacher ratio was 15.8 in 2024–2025, and 52% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 19% and the state’s 24%.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)			KSA Reading (2026)			KSA Science (2026)	KSA Writing (2026)	KSA Social Studies (2026)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Creekside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	151 Horseshoe Bend Rd	Sonora	42776	Hardin County	Hardin County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 369-8460	474	30	15.8	52.1%	405 (85.4%)	4 (0.8%)	25 (5.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.6%)	54.7	289^th of 684 public elementary schools	57.7%		62.6	231^st of 685 public elementary schools	66.3%	58	66.0	46.0	53.0	57.0	39.0	59.0	26.0	30.0	47.0	46.0	$28,173	$2,143	$26,030

Cities Near Zip Code 42776

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sonora	1.72 mi	2	135^th
Cecilia	7.51 mi	4	86^th
Bonnieville	10.24 mi	1	263^rd
Hodgenville	10.76 mi	5	187^th
Elizabethtown	10.8 mi	20	164^th

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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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