Pikeville Independent

Pikeville Independent has two schools: Pikeville Elementary School, serving PK–6 with 611 students, and Pikeville High School, serving grades 7–12 with 518. The schools have no tested grades in common, so their results show how each compares with the state in its own grades, not a direct school-to-school contest. The clearest shared finding is that both schools were above state proficiency in every supplied 2025–2026 test result: average advantages were about 17 percentage points at elementary and 28 points at high school.

Pikeville High School stands out in SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking, placing 1st of 262 high schools in 2025–2026; its average test advantage over the state was about 28 points. Pikeville Elementary School also exceeded state results in every reported test, with an average advantage of about 17 points, but ranked 82nd of 684 elementary schools. Writing and editing/mechanics were especially strong across the supplied results: the average state advantage was about 30 points in each subject. The schools’ student–teacher ratios were similar—13.7 at elementary and 13.4 at high school in 2024–2025.

Results and rankings moved in different directions: the elementary school’s average advantage over the state narrowed by about 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the high school’s widened by about 3 points. SchoolDigger’s elementary ranking also shifted from 51st in 2023–2024 to 82nd in 2025–2026; the high school rose from 5th to 1st. High school gains included grade 11 science, up 20 points, while grade 10 mathematics fell 15 points and reading fell 10. As context, in 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 36% at elementary and 31% at high school. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was below the state rate at both schools, and the high school graduation rate was 100%, compared with 94% statewide.