Schools in Zip Code 41175

Zip code 41175 has two schools in Mckell Elementary School, serving PK–5, and Mckell Middle School, serving grades 6–8, in Greenup County. Their 2025–2026 results show a clear difference in performance relative to state results: Middle averaged 1 percentage point above the state across its 10 reported results, while Elementary averaged 18 points below across nine. The most important finding is that Middle’s results are notably stronger relative to its grade-specific benchmarks, while Elementary’s are substantially weaker.

Mckell Middle stands out at the top: it exceeded the state in six of 10 results and was above the district in all 10. Its largest state advantages were 12 points in grade 8 Editing and Mechanics (54% vs. 42%) and 11 points in grade 7 Mathematics (50% vs. 39%). Mckell Elementary was below the state in eight of nine results and tied it in one. Its lowest relative results were grade 4 Mathematics, 17% compared with 43% statewide, and grade 5 Social Studies, 15% compared with 38%. One bright spot was grade 5 Editing and Mechanics, where its 48% matched the state.

The trends also diverge: Elementary’s average gap from the state worsened by 7 points from the prior year, while Middle’s improved by 3 points. Elementary grade 5 Reading fell from 47% to 31%, and Social Studies fell from 31% to 15%; at Middle, grade 8 Writing slipped from 52% to 44%, moving from above to 4 points below the state. SchoolDigger ranks Middle at the 55th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 44th percentile and 2 stars; Elementary is at the 11th percentile with 1 star, down from the 24th percentile. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 14 to 1 at Elementary and 15 to 1 at Middle; free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) figures that year were 64% and 58%, respectively. These are context, not evidence of what caused the score differences; because the schools serve different grades, their scores are not direct same-grade comparisons.