Summary:
Zip code 41862 has one listed school, Beaver Creek Elementary School, serving kindergarten through 8th grade with 183 students in Knott County. The school’s 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism rate was 46%, compared with 24% statewide, a 23-point difference; its dropout rate was 5%, versus 1% statewide and 1% in the district. The most important concern in these figures is the school’s high chronic absenteeism.
There are no local schools to rank against one another, so standouts are grade- and subject-specific. Beaver Creek was notably above Kentucky in 8th-grade Editing and Mechanics, at 59% proficient versus 42% (+17 points), and 3rd-grade Reading, at 64% versus 49% (+15). Its largest shortfall was 5th-grade Reading: 33% versus 51% (−18 points); 5th-grade Writing was also lower, at 22% versus 35% (−13). Across reported grades, Writing averaged 32% at the school versus 42% statewide, while Editing and Mechanics averaged 46% versus 45%. Results also varied widely by grade, from 33% to 64% in Reading and 27% to 52% in reported Math.
Recent Reading and Math results improved on grades reported in both years. Reading’s average rose 21 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, moving from about 21 points below Kentucky to roughly level with the state; Math rose 7 points, narrowing its gap from about 10 points below to 2 points below. Separately, SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from the 5th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 36th percentile in 2025–2026, a 31-point rise. Beaver Creek had a student-teacher ratio of 11.4 in 2024–2025, and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures provide context, not an explanation for results.
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