Summary:
Viper, Kentucky, has one listed school, Viper Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade with 282 students. Because it is the only school listed, families cannot compare it with other local schools. Its 2025–2026 results are strongest in reading: across five reported grades, the school averaged 67%, compared with 48% statewide, a 19-point advantage. Reading is the clearest overall strength relative to Kentucky.
Within the school’s grade-level results, fourth-grade reading stands out most: 79%, versus 50% statewide, a 29-point lead. Fifth-grade reading was 78% versus 51%, and sixth-grade math was 68% versus 42%; third-grade reading also led the state, 75% to 49%. The clearest weaker results were in social studies: eighth grade was 26% versus 39% statewide, and fifth grade was 34% versus 38%. These differences point to stronger reading and math results in several grades, alongside a particular area to watch in social studies.
Math results improved while reading’s advantage narrowed in grades with results in both years. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s average math score across grades 4–8 rose from 46% to 55%, while the state average slipped from 42% to 41%; the school’s lead widened from 4 to 14 points. Reading remained above the state, but its lead across comparable grades narrowed from 23 to 17 points. Eighth-grade social studies also fell 29 points, from 55% to 26%. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking improved from 236th of 685 schools in 2023–2024 to 104th of 684 in 2025–2026, rising from the 66th to the 85th percentile. Context measures include an 81% free/reduced lunch eligible rate in 2024–2025 and a 15.1 student–teacher ratio that year. Chronic absenteeism was 24.1%, compared with 23.5% statewide and 38.6% in Perry County.
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