Best Public Schools in Zip Code 41822

ZIP code 41822 has two schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Hindman Elementary School (434 students, PK–8) and Knott County Central High School (520 students, grades 9–12). Because they serve different grades, their test results cannot be compared directly at the same grade level. The clearest shared pattern is that reading is a strength relative to the state, while writing is a weakness.

Hindman stands out in seventh-grade reading and math: 69% were proficient in reading, 19 percentage points above the state, and 56% in math, 17 points above. Knott County Central’s strongest result was 10th-grade reading, at 63%, 14 points above the state. Writing was the lowest-performing area: fifth-grade writing at Hindman was 20%, 15 points below the state, while 11th-grade writing at Knott County Central was 33%, 14 points below. Attendance is also a concern: chronic absenteeism was 36% at Hindman and 54% at Knott County Central, versus 24% statewide.

Matched test results moved closer to state levels overall: the average school–state gap shifted from about 1 point below the state in 2024–2025 to 2 points above in 2025–2026, an improvement of about 3 points, though individual subjects and grades varied. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 40 to 46 at Hindman over the period, after reaching 51 the previous year; Knott County Central rose from 54 to 61. For context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 13.5 at Hindman and 12.6 at Knott County Central; free/reduced lunch eligible measures that year were 71% and 63%, respectively.