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South Floyd Elementary School

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South Floyd Elementary School ranks 484 th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

484^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 684 Kentucky Elementary Schools

Better than 29% of Kentucky elementary schools

Summary

South Floyd Elementary School serves 596 students in PK–8 in Hi Hat, an eastern Kentucky community in Floyd County. Its latest reading results point to the school’s clearest academic concern: its average across grades 3–8 was 37%, compared with 49% statewide and 42% in Floyd County, and results were especially low in grades 5–7.

The school’s strengths and weaknesses vary by grade. Grade 4 reading was a bright spot at 64%, 14 percentage points above the state; only Valley Elementary School, Jones Fork Elementary School and Pikeville Elementary School scored higher among nearby schools with reported results. In contrast, South Floyd’s grade 5 reading result of 26% was the lowest among nearby schools with reported scores, and its grade 6 result of 29% was also last. Math compares more favorably with Floyd County: South Floyd averaged 36% across the five grades with results, versus 33% for the district, but remained below the 42% state average. Grade 5 math, at 26%, was below every nearby school with a reported score.

Results have improved in some areas, but not consistently. In the same three math grades, the average rose from 24% in 2022–23 to 39% in 2025–26, bringing the school from 15 percentage points below the state to 2 points below. Reading gained 6 points over that period, though it fell 3 points from the prior year. SchoolDigger ranks South Floyd at the 29th percentile with 1 star in 2025–26, up from the 13th percentile the year before; it is second-lowest among the 11 nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s 79th-percentile ranking for Special Education Students is notably higher than the school’s overall percentile of 29, suggesting stronger relative results for that group. In 2024–25, 87% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and the student-teacher ratio was 16.5; these figures provide context but do not explain the academic results.

596

Students ?

16.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,386

Per pupil spending ?

87.2%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

299 Mt. Raider Dr.
Hi Hat, KY 41636

(606) 263-6175

District: Floyd County

Racial breakdown:

White:

97.7%

Hispanic:

1.8%

African American:

0.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 3rd percentile in 2021 → 29th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 29th (2026) from a 3rd-percentile low (2021)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kentucky average (36% vs 43% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (37% vs 24% Kentucky)

!Reading scores 12 pts below the Kentucky average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school36%

District avg35%

Kentucky avg43%

Elementary school

484^th of 684

Kentucky public elementary schools ?

Bottom 29%▼ down 25 pts since 2019

From top 46% (2019) to bottom 29% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

256^th of 326

Kentucky public middle schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 44 pts since 2019

From top 34% (2019) to bottom 21% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 7Elementary Schools in the Floyd County

108^th of 158Floyd County among Kentucky districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	31.9	484 of 684	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.5	593 of 685	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	544 of 685	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	612 of 687	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	536 of 684	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.3	502 of 517	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	54.0	321 of 700	54.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2022	42.9	116 of 206	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	82.0	59 of 474	87.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	30.5	479 of 657	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.4	529 of 648	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.3	496 of 644	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	556 of 639	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	473 of 641	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	52.9	329 of 671	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	38.0	425 of 674	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	23.5	548 of 672	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.4	467 of 665	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.8	568 of 670	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	508 of 667	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.3	255 of 275	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	62.1	213 of 664	67.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	35.2	431 of 651	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	15.8	587 of 653	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.7	534 of 652	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	602 of 652	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	535 of 657	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	54.5	301 of 676	55.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	63.9	67 of 314	78.7%	★★★★☆
2025	47.7	130 of 306	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	79.6	41 of 279	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	59.5	67 of 257	73.9%	★★★★☆
2019	46.1	387 of 661	41.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	24.9	518 of 650	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	11.6	623 of 659	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	581 of 659	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	636 of 658	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	572 of 656	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	25.7	256 of 326	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.4	237 of 320	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	279 of 324	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.4	209 of 327	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	56.3	116 of 320	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.8	123 of 282	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.9	114 of 335	66.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2019	72.5	32 of 226	85.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	24.6	240 of 299	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.5	247 of 298	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.8	234 of 300	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	41.8	175 of 295	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.6	143 of 299	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.9	68 of 299	77.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	34.8	206 of 313	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	43.1	174 of 314	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.4	236 of 311	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	50.7	139 of 309	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.9	67 of 310	78.4%	★★★★☆
2021	55.0	77 of 224	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.3	54 of 303	82.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	26.2	230 of 299	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	36.8	192 of 303	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.6	254 of 304	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	229 of 307	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.5	187 of 304	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	64.8	52 of 222	76.6%	★★★★☆
2019	47.6	154 of 303	49.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	69.2	19 of 142	86.6%	★★★★☆
2025	62.6	25 of 126	80.2%	★★★★☆
2019	63.3	86 of 294	70.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2026	20.5	262 of 316	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.6	256 of 314	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.9	283 of 316	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.8	233 of 320	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	50.5	136 of 314	56.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2026)79th percentile+49 vs school

Disabled (2022)44th percentile+22 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)37th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2026)34th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2026)27th percentile~ school

White (2026)20th percentile-9 vs school

Middle school

Special Education (2026)87th percentile+65 vs school

Disabled (2019)86th percentile+20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2026)23rd percentile~ school

Female (2026)20th percentile~ school

White (2026)17th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Kentucky (2025-2026) ?

Writing42%~ state avg

Reading37%-12 vs state

Mathematics36%-6 vs state

Editing and Mechanics36%-9 vs state

Science30%-4 vs state

Social Studies29%-10 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)						KSA Reading (2026)						KSA Science (2026)		KSA Writing (2026)		KSA Social Studies (2026)		KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South Floyd Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	299 Mt. Raider Dr.	Hi Hat	41636	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 263-6175	596	36	16.5	87.2%	582 (97.7%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31.9	484^th of 684 public elementary schools	29.2%		16.5	593^rd of 685 public elementary schools	13.4%	109	46.0	36.0	26.0	45.0		27.0	42.0	64.0	26.0	29.0	31.0	32.0	30.0			42.0	23.0	35.0	40.0	32.0	$13,386	$2,600	$10,787
Beaver Creek Elementary School	Public	K-8	8000 Hwy 7 S	Topmost	41862	Knott County	Knott County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 447-2833	183	16	11.4	83.1%	181 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	37.2	438^th of 684 public elementary schools	36.0%		24.6	537^th of 685 public elementary schools	21.6%	99	52.0	40.0	33.0		39.0	27.0	64.0	55.0	33.0	38.0	50.0	36.0	30.0	28.0	22.0	41.0		32.0	33.0	59.0	$19,023	$3,361	$15,662
John M. Stumbo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6945 KY Rt 979	Grethel	41631	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 263-6200	260	19	13.7	89.6%	254 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	44.5	386^th of 684 public elementary schools	43.6%		33.8	474^th of 685 public elementary schools	30.8%	88	37.0		25.0	29.0	36.0		53.0	50.0	63.0	45.0	56.0	35.0	43.0				33.0	29.0	60.0	41.0	$15,697	$2,487	$13,211
Jones Fork Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9795 Hwy 550 E	Mousie	41839	Knott County	Knott County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 946-2132	153	12	12.7	81.7%	151 (98.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74.9	132^nd of 684 public elementary schools	80.7%		67.5	193^rd of 685 public elementary schools	71.8%	61	50.0	38.0	82.0	57.0	53.0	57.0		71.0			58.0	50.0	48.0				55.0	43.0		62.0	$17,230	$2,834	$14,396
Duff-Allen Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	183 Rebel Road	Eastern	41622	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 358-0110	376	33	11.4	81.4%	363 (96.5%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	37.8	433^rd of 684 public elementary schools	36.7%		33.2	478^th of 685 public elementary schools	30.2%	45	33.0	48.0			62.0	47.0	43.0	41.0	45.0	60.0	62.0	41.0	45.0		18.0	67.0	31.0	42.0	35.0	21.0	$16,653	$2,860	$13,793
Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	163 Douglas Park	Pikeville	41501	Pike County	Pike County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 639-2774	844	47	17.9	70.1%	823 (97.5%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.1%)	91	36^th of 684 public elementary schools	94.7%		94.9	12^th of 685 public elementary schools	98.2%	24	88.0	80.0	58.0	64.0	63.0	30.0	67.0	90.0	76.0	81.0	79.0	49.0		45.0	56.0	73.0	49.0	51.0	81.0	51.0	$17,600	$2,609	$14,373
Dorton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	217 Dorton Jenkins Highway	Dorton	41520	Pike County	Pike County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 639-2832	263	20	13.1	71.1%	260 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	83.5	72^nd of 684 public elementary schools	89.5%		77.3	126^th of 685 public elementary schools	81.6%	54	55.0		63.0		23.0	39.0	50.0		67.0		41.0	43.0	70.0		53.0	64.0	63.0	46.0	80.0	57.0	$20,774	$2,222	$17,378
May Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	481 Stephens Br	Martin	41649	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 285-0883	508	30	16.9	72.0%	493 (97.0%)	4 (0.8%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	66.6	195^th of 684 public elementary schools	71.5%		70.8	165^th of 685 public elementary schools	75.9%	30	49.0	34.0	63.0	59.0	44.0	47.0	62.0	53.0	56.0	63.0	61.0	52.0	49.0	37.0	40.0	57.0	44.0	53.0	62.0	43.0	$13,234	$1,952	$11,282
Betsy Layne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	256 School St	Betsy Layne	41605	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 263-6272	638	41	15.6	83.5%	625 (98.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	27.7	521^st of 684 public elementary schools	23.8%		25.8	531^st of 685 public elementary schools	22.5%	10	40.0	22.0	33.0	29.0	32.0	30.0	32.0	32.0	49.0	48.0	31.0	28.0	32.0		33.0	62.0	30.0	23.0	43.0	40.0	$13,736	$2,382	$11,354
Pikeville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	105 Bailey Blvd.	Pikeville	41501	Pike County	Pikeville Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 432-4196	611	45	13.7	36.3%	570 (93.3%)	8 (1.3%)	7 (1.1%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	82.8	82^nd of 684 public elementary schools	88.0%		86.6	60^th of 685 public elementary schools	91.2%	22	57.0	63.0	47.0	63.0			60.0	62.0	71.0	73.0			51.0		64.0		56.0		74.0		$27,816	$3,559	$24,257

Frequently Asked Questions about South Floyd Elementary School

Is South Floyd Elementary School a good school?

South Floyd Elementary School ranks 484^th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend South Floyd Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 596 students attended South Floyd Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of South Floyd Elementary School?

Students at South Floyd Elementary School are 98% White, 2% Hispanic.

What district is South Floyd Elementary School in?

Floyd County

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