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Schools in Zip Code 40965

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Schools

1,743

Students

Districts

Top rankedYellow Creek School Center124^th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Middlesboro Elementary School up 4 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Middlesboro Middle School 11 students per teacher

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Summary:

ZIP code 40965 has five schools serving pre-K through grade 12: Yellow Creek School Center, Middlesboro Elementary School, Middlesboro Middle School, Middlesboro High School, and Middlesboro Alternative School. The 2025–2026 results show that school performance varies considerably across the area. The clearest overall finding is that Yellow Creek’s tested results are consistently above the state, while Middlesboro Middle’s are below the state in most reported results.

Yellow Creek is the strongest tested school: all 20 reported results were above the state, averaging 18 points higher. It also led other schools in every overlapping grade and subject; in grade 5 reading, for example, it scored 81%, compared with 40% at Middlesboro Middle and 51% statewide. Middlesboro Middle was below the state in 11 of 15 results, averaging 7 points below; grade 5 writing was 15% versus 35% statewide, and grade 8 math was 26% versus 39%. Middlesboro Elementary had mixed results, including grade 4 math at 23%, 20 points below the state. Middlesboro High exceeded the state in five of six subjects and had a 97% graduation rate versus 94% statewide. The alternative school’s test scores are suppressed, so it cannot be ranked from these results.

Across 45 results available in both years, school scores rose by an average of about 2 points while state scores were essentially unchanged; the average school–state gap widened from about 4 points to 6. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also differ: Yellow Creek went from the 86th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 82nd in 2025–2026, while Middlesboro High rose from the 48th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 75th in 2025–2026, after reaching the 81st in 2024–2025. Ratios do not offer a simple guide to results: in 2024–2025, Yellow Creek’s student–teacher ratio was 16.1, compared with 11.0 at Middlesboro Middle, despite Yellow Creek’s stronger scores. Both Yellow Creek and Middlesboro Elementary reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025, at 84.9% and 84.1%, respectively; these similar shares are context, not an explanation for their different scores. Chronic absenteeism is another concern: it was 31% at Yellow Creek and 39% at Middlesboro High, versus 24% statewide.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)							KSA Reading (2026)							KSA Science (2026)			KSA Writing (2026)			KSA Social Studies (2026)			KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Yellow Creek School Center	Public	PK, KG-8	4840 West Cumberland Avenue	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Bell County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 248-1794	575	36	16.1	84.9%	546 (95.0%)	7 (1.2%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.9%)	76.9	124^th of 684 public elementary schools	81.9%		79.2	113^th of 685 public elementary schools	83.5%	11	53.0	47.0	53.0	42.0	53.0	67.0		56.0	63.0	81.0	65.0	80.0	67.0		60.0	49.0		64.0	87.0		53.0	54.0		78.0	46.0		$40,939	$6,399	$29,268
Middlesboro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	3400 W Cumberland Ave	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Middlesboro Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 242-8860	514	35	14.7	84.0%	444 (86.4%)	20 (3.9%)	11 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.2%)	29.3	506^th of 684 public elementary schools	26.0%		28.9	510^th of 685 public elementary schools	25.5%	4		23.0						32.0	56.0						32.0												$20,862	$4,762	$14,243
Middlesboro Middle School	Public	5-8	4400 Cumberland Ave	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Middlesboro Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 242-8880	284	26	11.0	79.9%	231 (81.3%)	15 (5.3%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.9%)	39.8	197^th of 326 public middle schools	39.6%		41.5	190^th of 320 public middle schools	40.6%	7			20.0	42.0	36.0	26.0				40.0	61.0	42.0	33.0			32.0		15.0	47.0		28.0	36.0		36.0	36.0		$20,814	$4,445	$14,647
Middlesboro High School	Public	9-12	4404 Cumberland Ave	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Middlesboro Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 242-8820	337	29	11.8	74.8%	260 (77.2%)	20 (5.9%)	10 (3.0%)	6 (1.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.3%)	68.3	65^th of 262 public high schools	75.2%		72.9	47^th of 254 public high schools	81.5%	18							44.0							64.0			26.0			76.0			39.0			39.0	$23,445	$4,863	$17,054
Middlesboro Alternative School	Public, Virtual	7-12	220 North 20th Street	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Middlesboro Independent	No	No	Yes	No	(606) 242-8816	31	1	31.0	83.9%	28 (90.3%)	2 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.2%)								(n/a)																											$10,450	$1,437	$7,645
Cumberland Technical - Southeast Campus	Public		1300 Chichester Avenue	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Middlesboro Independent	No	No	No	No	(606) 242-2145	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Southeast Technical	Public		1305 Chichester Avenue	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Middlesboro Independent	No	No	No	No	(606) 242-2145	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Middlesboro Group Home School	Public, Virtual	6-12	220 North 20th Street	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County	Middlesboro Independent	No	No	Yes	No	(606) 242-8800	2	1	2.0	—	1 (50.0%)	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																											$41,025	$13,765	$25,892
Gateway Christian School	Private, Baptist	PK, KG-12	1110 N 25th St	Middlesboro	40965	Bell County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(606) 248-0557				—															(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 40965

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Middlesboro	0.41 mi	8	114^th
Pineville	7.14 mi	7	83^rd
Frakes	11.85 mi	1	74^th
Fourmile	12.51 mi	1	79^th
Stoney Fork	14.82 mi	1	208^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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