Best Public Schools in Allen, KY

Allen, Kentucky, has one listed school, Allen Elementary School, serving PK–8 with 462 students in Floyd County. Because it is the only school listed, there is no school-to-school comparison. The most important concern is eighth grade: in 2025–2026, reading proficiency was 13%, social studies 13%, and editing and mechanics 15%—26 to 27 percentage points below state results.

The school’s strongest results are concentrated in a few grade-subject areas, rather than across the board. Fifth-grade writing was a standout: 51% were proficient, 16 percentage points above the state’s 35% and 23 points above the district’s 28%. Fourth-grade reading also exceeded the state, at 53% versus 50%. In contrast, every reported math result in grades 3–7 fell below the state, with gaps from 6 points in grade 4 to 19 points in grade 7. Eighth-grade reading, social studies, and editing and mechanics were among the weakest results, each far behind the state.

Results over time are mixed, with improvement in some younger grades but steep eighth-grade drops. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, eighth-grade reading fell 50 percentage points, social studies fell 38 points, and editing and mechanics fell 48 points. Across 16 grade-subject comparisons available in both years, the school’s simple average declined from 41% to 34%, while the state average remained about 44%; the average gap widened by 7 points, largely reflecting eighth-grade declines. As context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 15.9 in 2024–2025, and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger ranked the school 473rd of 684 statewide schools, at the 31st percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, an improvement of 13 places and 2 percentile points from the prior year.