Summary:
Zip code 42539 has one listed high school, Casey County High School, serving grades 9–12 and 630 students, so families have no other listed local high school to compare. In 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency results were below Kentucky’s in all six reported subjects; its average was about 7 points below the state average. The most important finding is that the school’s academic results fell farther behind Kentucky in the latest year.
Within the school, writing was the strongest result at 46% proficient, just 1 point below Kentucky’s 47%; science was lowest at 19%. Social studies had the largest state gap: 25% proficient at the school versus 37% statewide, or 12 points lower. The only school listed is therefore the area’s top and bottom school by default, not because it has been compared with local peers. SchoolDigger ranked it 185th of 262 Kentucky schools in 2025–2026, at the 29th percentile with 1 star.
Results weakened overall: the school’s six-subject average fell from 38% in 2024–2025 to 33% in 2025–2026, a 5-point decline, while Kentucky’s average remained about 39%. The school’s average gap widened from 1 point below the state to 7 points below. Mathematics and social studies each fell 11 points at the school, compared with a 1-point state decline in each. SchoolDigger’s ranking also dropped from 55th of 290 schools, the 81st percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024, to its latest standing. Other indicators are mixed: graduation was 96%, versus 94% statewide, and dropout was 0.5%, versus 1.0%; chronic absenteeism was higher at 30%, versus 24%. The school reported 65% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025 and a 15.2 student-teacher ratio that year.
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