Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 41774

Elementary schools in zip code 41774 are represented by one school, Viper Elementary School, which serves prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolls 282 students in Perry County. Its clearest strengths in 2025–26 were reading and mathematics: results were above Kentucky’s in every reported grade in both subjects. The most important takeaway is that reading and math results consistently exceeded state results, even though the size of the advantage varied by grade.

There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among schools in the area because Viper is the only school listed; it is both the highest and lowest by default, not necessarily across the wider area. In reading, its average was 67%, compared with 48% for Kentucky in the same grades, a 19-point advantage; grade-level results were 3 to 29 points above the state. Mathematics averaged 55%, versus 41% statewide, and was 1 to 26 points higher by grade. Social studies was the clearest weak spot: Viper was 4 points below the state in grade 5 and 13 points below in grade 8. Other subjects were more mixed, including science 17 points above the state and writing 4 points above on average.

Results changed differently across subjects over time. In comparable grades, mathematics rose by an average of 9 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state average fell by 1 point; reading declined by 5 points and social studies by 18 points. Even after the reading decline, Viper remained above the state in the reported grades. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 236th of 685 schools, at the 66th percentile with 3 stars in 2023–24, to 104th of 684, at the 85th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–26. Context measures include a 15.1:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 81% of students free/reduced lunch eligible that year.