Summary:
ZIP code 41035 has five schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. The results differ substantially across schools and grades, so no single ranking fairly compares all five. Among the elementary schools, the clearest overall pattern is that Dry Ridge Elementary stands out, while Crittenden-Mt. Zion Elementary most often has the lowest results.
Dry Ridge’s strongest results are in fourth grade: 61% were proficient in math, compared with 43% statewide; 60% in reading, versus 50%; and 54% in science, versus 40%. By contrast, Crittenden-Mt. Zion had the lowest elementary math result in grades 3–5: 16%, 13% and 22%, compared with 42%, 61% and 44% at Dry Ridge. Sherman Elementary has a mixed profile: its fifth-grade editing and mechanics result was 44%, tied with Dry Ridge, while its other math and reading results were generally lower. At the high school, writing was a bright spot: 50% proficient, 3 points above the state.
SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Dry Ridge rose from the 41st to the 58th percentile between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while rankings fell for Sherman (30th to 22nd), Crittenden-Mt. Zion (17th to 3rd) and Grant County Middle School (37th to 24th). Grant County High School improved in all five subjects with results in both years, though chronic absenteeism was 29%, compared with 24% statewide; its graduation rate was 98%, versus 94%. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures ranged from 64% at Dry Ridge to 82% at Sherman. Elementary student-teacher ratios ranged from 14.2 at Dry Ridge to 20.3 at Crittenden-Mt. Zion; these figures describe school context, not the cause of results.
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