Summary:
Zip code 41649 has one listed elementary school, May Valley Elementary School, in Floyd County, serving students from PK through grade 8. Its 2025–26 test results cover grades 3–8. The most important finding is that May Valley scored above the Kentucky average in 19 of 20 reported grade-and-subject results, averaging 51% overall compared with 43% statewide—an 8-point advantage.
There is no top or bottom school to compare locally because May Valley is the only school listed; its strongest and weakest results are within its own grade-level results. Grade 5 math was 63%, 20 points above the state’s 43%, the largest advantage. Grade 4 math was the sole result below the state: 34% compared with 43%, a 9-point shortfall. May Valley was also above the state in every reported reading, science, writing, social studies, and editing-and-mechanics result. Its average advantage was largest in social studies at 10 points and smallest in writing at 7 points.
Results shifted unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: May Valley’s overall average fell by 2 points, and its advantage over the state narrowed by 1 point. Science improved by 9 points on average, while writing fell by 12 points; math also varied sharply by grade, from a 10-point gain in grade 5 to an 18-point decline in grade 4. SchoolDigger rates May Valley four stars and ranks it 195th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools, in the 71st percentile; its rank was 184th in 2023–24 and 165th in 2024–25. As context, in 2024–25 the school had 508 students, a student–teacher ratio of 16.9, and 72% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures describe the school but do not establish what accounts for its test results.
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