Schools in Zip Code 41339

ZIP code 41339 has six schools, from the early grades at Breathitt Elementary (PK–2) and Sebastian Elementary School (grades 3–6) to secondary and alternative schools, including Breathitt County High School, Jackson City School, Breathitt Regional School and Breathitt Learning Academy. In 2025–2026, results varied notably by grade and subject. Across reported grade-level results, averages were below state rates in every subject: the largest gap was in mathematics, 30% compared with 41% statewide, while editing and mechanics was closest, at 42% versus 44%. Because schools serve different grades and some have no comparable reported scores, these figures are not whole-school rankings.

Jackson City School has the strongest and weakest standout results: grade 10 reading was 64%, 15 points above the state’s 49%, and grade 6 reading was 63%, 9 points above the state’s 54%; but grade 8 mathematics was just 8%, compared with 39% statewide. Its grade 8 editing and mechanics result, 56%, was 14 points above the state rate and 26 points higher than Breathitt County High School’s 30%. Breathitt County High School stood out in grade 11 writing at 56%, 9 points above the state, and social studies at 40%, 3 points above. Sebastian Elementary was below state rates in tested math and reading grades, though its grade 4 science rose to 35% from 21% the prior year.

Results improved on average but not consistently: across 43 same-grade, same-subject comparisons, the average gap below state rates narrowed from about 10 points in 2024–2025 to about 7 points in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger’s ranking also rose for Breathitt County High School, from the 26th to the 47th percentile, while Sebastian moved only from the 19th to the 20th percentile. Ratios offer another point of comparison: Jackson’s was 16.1 students per teacher and Breathitt County High School’s was 15.7. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 60% at Jackson, 70% at Breathitt County High School and 79% at Sebastian; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results. Attendance is also worth noting: chronic absenteeism was 33% at Breathitt County High School and 24% at Jackson, while their graduation rates were 97% and 100%, respectively.