Schools in Zip Code 41636

Zip code 41636 has one listed school, South Floyd Elementary School, serving PK–8 in Floyd County. With only one school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison. In 2025–26, 17 grade-and-subject results were reported; their equal-weight average was 36%, compared with 45% for the state and 37% for the district. The clearest overall finding is that South Floyd’s reported results averaged 9 percentage points below the state.

Fourth-grade reading is the standout result, while fifth- and sixth-grade reading are the clearest weak spots. South Floyd’s fourth-grade reading score was 64%, 14 points above the state’s 50% and 18 points above the district’s 46%. Third-grade math was also above the state, 46% versus 43%. In contrast, fifth-grade reading was 26% compared with 51% statewide, and sixth-grade reading was 29% compared with 54%—both 25 points lower. Overall, South Floyd scored above the state in 2 of 17 reported comparisons and below it in the other 15.

Results improved modestly across comparable subjects and grades, but reading moved in the opposite direction from math. Across 15 comparisons available in both years, South Floyd’s average rose from 34% in 2024–25 to 36% in 2025–26, while the state average stayed around 45%; the gap narrowed from 11 to 9 points. Grade-six math rose from 21% to 45%, but seventh-grade reading fell from 52% to 31%. SchoolDigger ranks South Floyd 484 of 684 schools, in the 29th percentile, with 1 star; its ranking improved 109 places from the prior year. In 2024–25, enrollment was 596, the student-teacher ratio was 16.5:1, and 87% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 37%, versus 24% statewide and 35% districtwide.