Summary:
ZIP code 40806 has one high school, Harlan County High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 945 students. With no other listed high school, families can compare its results with state figures and its own results over time, not with another local school. The clearest concern is chronic absenteeism: 55% of students were chronically absent in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide, a gap of 32 percentage points.
Among the six reported subjects in 2025–2026, Editing and Mechanics was the school’s strongest result relative to the state: 44% proficient, 4 points above the state’s 40%. Social Studies was the weakest comparison, at 26% versus 37% statewide, 11 points lower. The school was below the state in four other subjects as well: Mathematics, 36% versus 40%; Reading, 43% versus 49%; Science, 22% versus 23%; and Writing, 41% versus 47%. Across the six subjects, its average was 35%, compared with 39% statewide. Graduation was also lower, at 88% versus 94%, while the dropout rate was lower at 0% versus 1%.
Results changed unevenly across subjects rather than showing a consistent overall trend. Across the five subjects reported in both years, the school’s average stayed at 38% in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while the state average rose from 42% to 43%. Reading improved from 25% to 43%, but Writing fell from 50% to 41% and Social Studies from 37% to 26%; Mathematics rose 2 points to 36%, and Editing and Mechanics remained at 44%. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking percentile fell from 68 in 2023–2024 to 38 in 2024–2025, then edged up to 40 in 2025–2026. As context, 81% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.8 that year.
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