Summary:
ZIP code 41102 has 10 schools—four elementary, two middle and four high schools—with 4,545 students enrolled, from 18 at Boyd County Central School to 888 at Boyd County High School. The clearest overall pattern is uneven achievement: across 80 reported school-grade-subject results for 2025–26, results averaged 6 percentage points below the state, and more were below than above it.
Several schools have notable grade-specific strengths, rather than leading across the board. Cannonsburg Elementary School led the reported fourth-grade results in reading, with 62% proficiency—12 points above the state and 17 above Poage Elementary School—and scored 46% in science versus 40% statewide. Boyd County Middle School had a strong eighth-grade writing result of 63%, 15 points above the state. At the high-school level, Boyd County High School was above the state in 10th-grade math and reading, while Paul G. Blazer High School was below in both; their math results were 48% and 35%, respectively. Other results are weaker: fifth-grade writing was 14% at Summit Elementary School, versus 35% statewide, and fourth-grade math at Poage was 23%, 20 points below the state.
Recent results and school context offer different signals for families comparing options. SchoolDigger’s average percentile rank across nine schools declined from 41 in 2024–25 to 37 in 2025–26, though results varied: Ashland Middle School’s rank fell from 39 to 28, while Boyd County Middle’s rose from 38 to 44. Boyd County High and Blazer had similar free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–25—53% and 54%—but their 10th-grade results differed, and Boyd County High’s math proficiency rose 10 points while Blazer’s fell 10. Student-teacher ratios also differ: 16.1 at Boyd County High and 13.4 at Blazer, without matching the direction of their test results. High graduation rates can coexist with attendance concerns: Boyd County High’s graduation rate was 99%, yet chronic absenteeism was 42%, compared with 24% statewide.
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