Summary:
Zip code 42647 has one listed middle school, McCreary County Middle School, serving grades 6–8, so families have no other middle school in the ZIP-code list to compare. In 2025–26, its average across the 10 reported subject-and-grade results was 29%, compared with 42% statewide; reading averaged 31% at the school and 48% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that the school was below Kentucky in all 10 results, with reading the largest broad subject-area gap.
McCreary County Middle School’s strongest relative result was grade 7 mathematics: 33% proficient, 6 points below the state’s 39%. Its lowest result was grade 7 science, at 18% versus 28% statewide; grade 6 reading had the widest gap, with 34% proficient compared with 54% statewide, a 20-point difference. Grade 8 reading was also low at 24%, 16 points below the state. Because this is the only school in the list, there is no local top-versus-bottom comparison.
Results were mixed over the two years: the school’s combined average slipped from 30% in 2024–25 to 29% in 2025–26, while the state average went from 43% to 42%; the gap changed only slightly, from 13.7 to 13.6 points. Grade 8 writing improved most, rising 12 points to 31%, while grade 7 science fell 9 points to 18%. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved from 223rd of 324 schools (31st percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24 to 288th of 326 (12th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–26. For context, enrollment was 633 and the student–teacher ratio was 15.8 in 2024–25; 80% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 34% in 2025–26, compared with 24% statewide.
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