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Best ZIP codes for schools in Kentucky
Ranked by the School Quality Index: district math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, weighted by how much of each district falls in the ZIP.
How we rank school quality
The School Quality Index summarizes district math and reading proficiency and four-year graduation outcomes. Results based on very small student samples are excluded, and missing measures do not count as zero.
A ZIP's score reflects the districts serving the area, with greater influence from districts covering more of the ZIP. It measures outcomes, not school ratings, spending, or individual schools.
Each state sets its own tests and proficiency cut scores, so the index compares ZIPs well within a state but not across states. That is why we rank ZIPs only within each state.
Only ZIPs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked, so a handful of households cannot top the list. 444 Kentucky ZIPs qualify.
Kentucky ZIP codes ranked by school quality
1ZIP 41075Fort Thomas
Kentucky
- School quality index
- 67.2
- ZIP population
- ~17k
- Avg. temperature
- 55°F
- Avg. commute
- 21 min
2ZIP 40014Crestwood
Kentucky
- School quality index
- 60.6
- ZIP population
- ~23k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 27 min
3ZIP 40026Goshen
Kentucky
- School quality index
- 60.6
- ZIP population
- ~6k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 26 min
4ZIP 40056Pewee Valley
Kentucky
- School quality index
- 60.6
- ZIP population
- ~3k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 26 min
5ZIP 40031La Grange
Kentucky
- School quality index
- 59.6
- ZIP population
- ~26k
- Avg. temperature
- 56°F
- Avg. commute
- 25 min
6ZIP 40729East Bernstadt
Kentucky
- School quality index
- 58.6
- ZIP population
- ~6k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 27 min
| Rank | ZIP | City | County | School quality index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 40737 | Corbin | Laurel County | 58.6 |
| #8 | 40740 | Corbin | Laurel County | 58.6 |
| #9 | 40744 | London | Laurel County | 58.2 |
| #10 | 40383 | Versailles | Woodford County | 58.0 |
| #11 | 40741 | London | Laurel County | 58.0 |
| #12 | 42051 | Hickory | Graves County | 58.0 |
| #13 | 42079 | Mayfield | Graves County | 58.0 |
| #14 | 42027 | Boaz | Graves County | 57.7 |
| #15 | 42069 | Melber | Graves County | 57.5 |
| #16 | 42519 | Burnside | Pulaski County | 57.4 |
| #17 | 42553 | Science Hill | Pulaski County | 57.4 |
| #18 | 42501 | Somerset | Pulaski County | 57.3 |
| #19 | 42503 | Somerset | Pulaski County | 57.3 |
| #20 | 42066 | Mayfield | Graves County | 57.2 |
| #21 | 42071 | Murray | Calloway County | 55.9 |
| #22 | 41001 | Alexandria | Campbell County | 55.6 |
| #23 | 41005 | Burlington | Boone County | 55.6 |
| #24 | 41048 | Hebron | Boone County | 55.6 |
| #25 | 41059 | Alexandria | Campbell County | 55.6 |
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- Kentucky median ZIP
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- Middle 80% of ZIPs
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- Kentucky median ZIP
- 91.6
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- Kentucky median ZIP
- 86.6%
- Middle 80% of ZIPs
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Ranked by avg. temperature
- Kentucky median ZIP
- 56.7°F
- Middle 80% of ZIPs
- 55.0°F to 59.2°F