Cordia School

Cordia School is an alternative school serving 185 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in Hazard, in rural Knott County. Its 2025–26 results combine standout scores in some upper grades with a serious attendance concern. Chronic absenteeism was 55%, compared with 47% in Knott County and 24% statewide, making attendance the clearest concern for families to weigh.

Cordia School’s strongest reported results were in 10th-grade reading and math and 7th-grade science: scores were 88%, 71%, and 64%, respectively. Those were higher than both district and state results: 10th-grade reading was 22 points above the district and 39 above the state; math was 30 and 31 points higher; and 7th-grade science was 30 and 36 points higher. Results were not strong across every grade: 6th-grade reading was 43%, 23 points below the district and 11 below the state, while 11th-grade writing was 33%, matching the district but 14 points below the state. The graduation rate was 100% in 2025–26, versus 94% in both the district and state. No other schools are listed within 20 miles, so nearby-school comparisons are unavailable.

Results vary sharply over time and by grade: 10th-grade math rose from 23% in 2024–25 to 71% in 2025–26, and reading increased from 46% to 88%, but those gains should not be taken as a schoolwide trend. Chronic absenteeism has fallen from 73% in 2022–23 to 55%, yet remains well above district and state rates. For context, 82% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, and the student-teacher ratio was 12.3 that year. SchoolDigger ranks Knott County 62nd of 158 Kentucky districts, at the 61st percentile, with 3 stars; it does not provide a school-level rank or star rating for Cordia.