Summary:
ZIP code 41006 has one middle school, Phillip Sharp Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 420 students in Pendleton County. The clearest contrast in its 2025–2026 results is a strong eighth-grade writing score alongside consistently weaker mathematics results: writing was 68%, 20 points above Kentucky, while math scores were 11 to 17 points below the state across grades 6–8.
Because this is the only school in the list, there is no school-to-school top or bottom to compare. Within the school’s results, eighth-grade writing stands out most, at 68% versus 48% statewide; eighth-grade Editing and Mechanics was also above the state, 50% to 42%. Mathematics is the most consistent weakness: grade 6 was 31% versus 42%, grade 7 was 22% versus 39%, and grade 8 was 23% versus 39%. Reading was closer to state results overall, averaging 42% compared with 48%, though grade 7 reading was 38% versus 50%. These subject differences offer a more useful picture than one overall score: writing is a notable strength, while math merits particular attention.
Results improved overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but not uniformly: the average across the ten reported subject-grade results rose from 32% to 37%, while Kentucky’s average dipped from 43% to 42%; grade 7 reading fell from 44% to 38%. SchoolDigger gives Pendleton County a one-star rating and ranks it 117th of 158 districts, in the 26th percentile; Phillip Sharp’s SchoolDigger percentile rose from 16 in 2024–2025 to 32 in 2025–2026. The school’s student-teacher ratio was 16.1 in 2024–2025, and 56% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch that year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 23.4% at the school and 23.5% statewide, and the school’s dropout rate was 0%, compared with 1% statewide. These figures provide context, not explanations for test results.
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