Best High Schools in Zip Code 41653

ZIP code 41653 has two high schools in Floyd County, both serving grades 9–12: Prestonsburg High School enrolls 508 students, while Home Instruction High School enrolls 12. The clearest academic finding is a sharp split at Prestonsburg: in 2025–2026, grade 11 writing proficiency was 65%, 18 points above the state, while grade 10 math proficiency was 22%, 18 points below it.

Prestonsburg has the strongest reported subject result in writing and the weakest in math; it also exceeded the state in editing and mechanics, with 47% proficient versus 40%. Its other results were below the state: reading was 47% versus 49%, science 20% versus 23%, and social studies 33% versus 37%. There is no comparable test result for Home Instruction, so the data do not show which school has higher proficiency. Completion measures at Prestonsburg were favorable—97% graduated and 0% dropped out in 2025–2026—alongside chronic absenteeism of 37%, compared with 24% statewide.

Prestonsburg improved in five of six subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: writing rose 6 points, science 5, reading 4, editing and mechanics 1, and social studies was unchanged; math fell 2 points. Its SchoolDigger ranking also moved up, from 153rd of 254 schools and the 40th percentile to 129th of 262 and the 51st percentile; it received 3 stars in 2025–2026. For context, the 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 65% at Prestonsburg and 75% at Home Instruction, while student–teacher ratios were 17.1 and 12.0, respectively.