Summary:
ZIP code 41701 has nine schools: four elementary schools, one middle school, three high schools and one alternative school, with listed enrollment ranging from 7 to 819 students. In the latest results, reported reading scores averaged 8 percentage points above state results, compared with 4 points in math and 2 points in social studies. The clearest overall takeaway is that reading is a relative strength, but results vary substantially by school, grade and subject.
East Perry County Elementary stands out for breadth: in 2025–26 it beat state results in reading in grades 3–8 and math in grades 4–6 and 8, including grade 6 reading at 80% versus 54% statewide. Roy G. Eversole Elementary led grades 3–4 reading, scoring 68% versus 49% statewide in grade 3 and 73% versus 50% in grade 4. Among the conventional high schools, Hazard High School led Perry County Central High School in all six shared subjects, by 2 to 27 points. At the lower end, West Perry Elementary scored below the state in grade 8 reading and fell 29 points from the prior year; its grade 8 editing and mechanics fell 30 points. Results at Cordia School are mixed: grade 10 math and reading were 31 and 39 points above state results, while grade 11 writing was 14 points below.
Recent results show no uniform upward trend: across 67 matched school-grade-subject comparisons, school scores fell an average of 2 points, while state scores fell by less than 1 point; the average school-state gap narrowed by about 2 points. SchoolDigger ranking percentiles rose from 37 to 77 at East Perry and 53 to 77 at Roy G. Eversole, while West Perry slipped from 69 to 65 and Perry County Central from 44 to 41. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 65% at East Perry and 78% at West Perry; their student-teacher ratios were 14 and 15.2, respectively. Attendance is another important distinction: 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 55% at Cordia and 47% at Perry County Central, despite graduation rates of 100% and 98%. Grade-specific results are most useful for comparing schools, since they serve different grade spans.
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