Best Public Schools in Zip Code 41777

Summary:

The 41777 zip code is home to a single standout public elementary school, Hayes Lewis Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 124 students. The school is part of the Leslie County School District, which is ranked 11th out of 159 districts in Kentucky and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hayes Lewis Elementary School has consistently outperformed the Leslie County and Kentucky state averages in proficiency rates across various subjects and grade levels, including reading, mathematics, social studies, and editing and mechanics. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 39% to 81%, significantly higher than the county and state averages. The school's strongest performance was in 8th grade reading, where 81% of students were proficient or better, compared to 58% in Leslie County and 41% statewide.

Despite the school's strong academic performance, it faces some socioeconomic challenges, with 51.61% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. However, the school's low student-teacher ratio of 13:1 suggests a favorable learning environment, and its improving statewide ranking, from 581 out of 700 in 2018-2019 to 130 out of 687 in 2022-2023, indicates the school is making positive strides and becoming increasingly competitive among Kentucky's elementary schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				KSA Mathematics (2024)			KSA Reading (2024)			KSA Social Studies (2024)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Hayes Lewis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10130 Cutshin Rd	Yeaddiss	41777	Leslie County	Leslie County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 279-4121	124	10	13.0	51.6%	121 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)	40.0	39.0	50.0	67.0	67.0	81.0	63.0	63.0	$26,135	$1,673	$958	$2,610	$13,789	$3,280	$17,317

Cities Near Zip Code 41777

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Yeaddiss	2.37 mi	1	55^th
Viper	9.36 mi	1	24^th
Hoskinston	10.46 mi	1	115^th
Wooton	10.49 mi	1	14^th
Hyden	11.13 mi	3	97^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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