Summary:
Neon, Kentucky, has one school, Fleming Neon Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 131 students in the Letcher County district. The clearest achievement finding is that in 2025–2026 the school scored above Kentucky in all nine reported, comparable subject-and-grade results.
With no other Neon school for comparison, there is no local top or bottom school; Fleming Neon’s results are best understood against state scores. Its largest lead was 37 percentage points in grade 8 editing and mechanics, with 79% proficient versus 42% statewide. It also led by 28 points in grade 8 reading (68% versus 40%), 23 points in grade 8 social studies (62% versus 39%), and 18 points in grade 8 writing (66% versus 48%). Its lowest latest result was grade 7 mathematics at 41%, still 2 points above the state’s 39%; grade 7 science was suppressed, so no comparison is available.
Across the same nine results, the school’s average rose from 50% in 2024–2025 to 58% in 2025–2026, an 8-point increase, while the state average fell from 45% to 44%. Improvement was uneven: grade 7 mathematics dropped 24 points and grade 7 reading fell 11, while grade 8 mathematics rose 25 points, reading 23, and editing and mechanics 24. Separately, SchoolDigger ranked the school 57th of 326 schools, at the 83rd percentile with four stars, in 2025–2026; in 2024–2025 it ranked 110th of 320, at the 66th percentile with three stars. Context measures include a 14.7 student–teacher ratio and 58% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism is a notable concern: 56% in 2025–2026, compared with 45% in the district and 24% statewide.
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