Summary:
Letcher County has one listed high school, Letcher County Central High School, serving grades 9–12 with 692 students. Its completion figures are strong: in 2025–2026, 99% of students graduated, compared with 94% statewide, and the dropout rate was 0%, versus 1% statewide. The sharpest concern is that 46% of students were chronically absent, 22 percentage points above the state’s 24%.
With no other listed high school, there is no meaningful local top-versus-bottom comparison; this school is the only option in the data. Its 2025–2026 test results were at or above the state rate in all six subjects. Writing was its standout, at 60% proficient compared with 47% statewide, followed by Reading at 59% versus 49%. Social Studies was 44% versus 37%, and Editing and Mechanics was 45% versus 40%. Mathematics and Science matched the state, at 40% and 23%, respectively. Across the six subjects, the school’s average was 45%, about 6 percentage points above the state average.
Results shifted unevenly between the two test years: Reading rose 5 points, while Mathematics fell 5; Science was unchanged, and Writing, Social Studies, and Editing and Mechanics each slipped by 1 to 2 points. The school’s average advantage over the state narrowed by 1 point, from about 7 points in 2024–2025 to about 6 in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger ranked it in the 71st percentile statewide in 2025–2026, down 7 percentile points from the prior year’s 78th percentile. Context figures include a 15.2:1 student-teacher ratio and 62% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. The available list contains only this school, so it cannot support a local school-to-school comparison.
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