Summary:
ZIP code 40484 has one high school, Lincoln County High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 886 students. Its 2025–2026 results show stronger reported graduation and dropout outcomes than Kentucky overall, but notably higher chronic absenteeism. The main academic concern is that all six tested subject results were below the corresponding state results, by an average of about 9 percentage points.
There is no school-to-school leader or trailer in this ZIP code; Lincoln County High School is the only school listed. Compared with Kentucky in 2025–2026, science and social studies were closest to the state, each 5 points lower (18% versus 23% in science; 32% versus 37% in social studies). Reading had the largest gap, at 14 points below the state (35% versus 49%). Graduation was a relative strength: the school’s rate rounded to 98%, compared with 94% statewide, while its dropout rate was 0% versus 1% statewide. In contrast, chronic absenteeism was 34% at the school and 24% statewide.
Results moved further below the state overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. The school’s unweighted average across six subjects fell from 37% to 31%, while the state average rounded to 39% in both years; the average gap widened from 2 to 9 points. Math was the exception: it rose from 31% to 32%, and its gap to the state narrowed by 2 points. Writing had the sharpest decline, falling from 50% to 36%; its comparison shifted from 5 points above the state to 11 below. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also moved down, from the 43rd percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to the 25th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026. For context, the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 15.2, and 67% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. These figures describe the school but do not establish why its results differ.
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