Summary:
Zip code 41701 has one listed middle school, Hazard Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 256 students. SchoolDigger gives it 3 stars and ranks it 122nd of 326 Kentucky schools for 2025–2026. The most important finding is that its reported average proficiency was above the state average in four of five subjects, with Writing close to the state result.
Hazard Middle School stands out most in Editing and Mechanics, averaging 52% compared with 45% statewide, a 7-point advantage; its Mathematics average was 45% versus 40%, a 5-point edge. Reading and Social Studies were each about 3 points above the state, while Writing was about 1 point below. Results vary by grade: the highest reported figure was 60% in sixth-grade Reading, while the lowest was 37% in seventh-grade Mathematics. Seventh-grade Reading was also below the state result, 43% versus 50%, while eighth-grade Mathematics was notably higher, 51% versus 39%. Because this is the only listed school, the data cannot identify a local leader or compare schools; fifth-grade Mathematics and seventh-grade Science results are suppressed.
Reading improved most over time: its average rose about 6 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state average rose about 1 point, moving the school from 3 points below the state to 3 points above. Writing went the other way: the school average fell about 7 points, compared with a 2-point state decline. Across comparable results, the school’s average position relative to the state improved about 3 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose 30 places from 152nd of 320 in 2024–2025, and its percentile increased 11 points to 63rd; that is still 1 point below its 2023–2024 percentile. Context measures include a student–teacher ratio of 13.8 and 57% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 20%, below the district’s 23% and the state’s 24%.
Thank you for your feedback!