Summary:
Zip code 40769 has nine schools—four elementary, one middle, three high, and one alternative—serving grades from PK–2 through PK–12. Across 72 reported 2025–2026 school results, 48 were above the matching state rate and 24 were below; the average school-to-state advantage was 9 percentage points. But results differ sharply by school and grade, so that overall positive picture does not describe every student’s experience.
Whitley Central Intermediate School, Whitley County Middle School, and Boston Elementary School have the clearest clusters of high results. Whitley Central led in grades 4–6 reading and grades 4 and 6 mathematics; its grade 6 scores were 87% in reading and 81% in mathematics, compared with state rates of 54% and 42%. Whitley County Middle led several grade 7–8 subjects, including grade 7 reading at 73% versus 50% statewide. Boston led in grade 3 mathematics, grade 4 science, and grade 5 editing and mechanics. By contrast, Williamsburg City School had the lowest reported score in many same-grade comparisons: grade 6 reading was 35%, versus 87% at Whitley Central, and grade 7 reading was 26%, versus 73% at Whitley County Middle. Williamsburg City’s grade 10 reading is a notable exception: 77%, the highest reported high-school result and 28 points above the state.
Most schools with comparable year-to-year results improved on average, but Pleasant View Elementary School declined by an average of 9 points; its grade 5 mathematics result fell from 83% to 42%. SchoolDigger ranked Whitley County Middle 19th of 326, Whitley Central 42nd of 684, Boston 46th of 684, and Pleasant View 153rd of 684 in 2025–2026. Boston and Pleasant View have similar enrollment, student–teacher ratios (13.2 and 13.1), and free/reduced lunch eligible shares (87% and 87% in 2024–2025), yet Boston scored 67% in grade 4 science compared with Pleasant View’s 26%. Attendance is another consideration: chronic absenteeism was 32% at Boston, 32% at Whitley County Middle, and 33% at Whitley County High School, above the 24% state rate.
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