Summary:
ZIP code 40873 has one listed school, Wallins Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 8 in Harlan County; it enrolls 352 students. With no other listed schools in the ZIP code, families can compare Wallins with state results, but not with neighboring schools in the ZIP code. Results are mixed across subjects and grades, and the clearest concern is grade 5 Editing and Mechanics, where Wallins scored 13% compared with 48% statewide, a 35-point shortfall.
Wallins’s strongest state-relative results are in grade 7 reading and math: 58% in reading versus 50% statewide, and 48% in math versus 39%, leads of 8 and 9 points. Writing is also a relative strength, with Wallins above the state by 3 points in grade 5 and 5 points in grade 8. The weakest outcomes include grade 8 math, at 13% versus 39% statewide, a 26-point gap, and grade 8 Social Studies, at 20% versus 39%, a 19-point gap. Grade 8 Editing and Mechanics was 30% versus 42%, 12 points below the state. These grade-level contrasts show that stronger results in one area do not carry through consistently to others.
Recent changes are mixed: average reading results across grades 3–7 rose from 43% to 48% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while the average gap with the state narrowed from 6 points below to 3 below. In math grades 6–8, the average rose from 30% to 33%, and the gap narrowed from 12 points below the state to 7 below, but grade 7 math rose 30 points while grade 8 fell 30. Grade 5 writing improved from 22% to 38%; meanwhile, grade 5 Editing and Mechanics fell from 35% to 13%. SchoolDigger rates Wallins 1 star and ranks it 498th of 684 Kentucky schools, at the 27th percentile—down from the 31st percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024. The student-teacher ratio is 12.8:1 (2024–2025); 81% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible (sy 2024–2025). Chronic absenteeism was 43%, compared with 24% statewide and 46% in the district. These measures provide context, not an explanation for test results.
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