Summary:
Zip code 41553 has two schools in Pike County: Phelps Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 6, and Phelps High School, serving grades 7–12. The most important finding is that elementary results are consistently above state results, while the high school’s middle-grade math and reading results lag.
Phelps Elementary stands out at the top: all 11 of its reported 2025–26 test results are above the state result for the same grade and subject. Its advantage ranges from 6 points in grade 5 writing to 31 points in grade 3 math. Phelps High has a more mixed profile, above the state in 7 of 11 results. Its largest shortfall is 23 points in grade 8 math, while its strongest advantage is 15 points in grade 8 writing; it is also 12 points above the state in grade 11 social studies. High’s reported graduation rate is 100%, compared with 94% statewide, and its chronic absenteeism is 19%, below the state’s 24%.
SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Phelps High rose from 32 in 2023–24 to 57 in 2024–25 and 73 in 2025–26, though improvement is not uniform: grade 8 social studies rose 23 points between the two test years, while grade 10 reading fell 8. Phelps Elementary remained at SchoolDigger percentile 88 across those three years, even as its average state-relative gap across matched tests eased from 23 to 19 points. For context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 85% at Elementary and 90% at High; student–teacher ratios were 12.7 and 11.9, respectively. The schools serve different grades, so their results are not direct like-for-like comparisons.
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