Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 41601 are represented by one school, Allen Elementary School, which serves pre-K through grade 8 and enrolls 462 students. With no other listed schools, families can compare its results with Kentucky and Floyd County, but not with another local school. The most important finding is that 16 of 18 reported 2025–26 grade-and-subject results were below the state, including several large grade 8 gaps.
Allen Elementary School’s clearest strength is grade 5 writing: 51% were proficient, 16 percentage points above Kentucky’s 35% and 23 points above Floyd County’s 28%. Grade 4 reading was another, smaller bright spot at 53%, compared with 50% statewide. The weakest reported results were in grade 8: reading was 13% versus 40% statewide, and editing and mechanics was 15% versus 42%; both were 27 points below the state. Grade 8 social studies was 13%, 26 points below the state’s 39%.
Across 16 grade-and-subject results available in both years, Allen Elementary School’s average fell from 41% in 2024–25 to 34% in 2025–26, while the state average remained 44%; the average gap widened from 4 points below the state to 11 points below. Results were mixed: grade 3 and grade 4 reading improved from 30% to 41% and 40% to 53%, respectively, while grade 8 reading fell from 63% to 13%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 473rd of 684 Kentucky schools in 2025–26, at the 31st percentile with 2 stars; its percentile rose 2 points from the prior year but remained 4 points below 2023–24. For context, the school reported a student-teacher ratio of 15.9 in 2024–25 and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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