Summary:
The 41804 zip code area has only one school, Letcher Elementary & Middle School, which serves grades K-8 and has 336 students enrolled. The school is part of the Letcher County school district, which is ranked 95 out of 157 districts in Kentucky and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Letcher Elementary & Middle School is struggling academically, with proficiency rates below the district and state averages in many grade levels and subjects. The school's math proficiency rates are generally lower than the district and state, except for 8th grade. Reading proficiency is more mixed, with the school outperforming the district and state in some grades but significantly underperforming in 4th grade. The school has a very high rate of free and reduced lunch recipients at 79.46%, suggesting a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population, which may contribute to the academic challenges.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.8 and significant spending of $22,186 per student, the academic outcomes do not seem to be commensurate with this level of investment. The school's statewide ranking has also declined in recent years, dropping from 565 out of 685 Kentucky elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 462 out of 685 in 2024-2025, indicating the school is struggling to keep up with performance standards compared to other schools in the state.
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