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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Pikeville High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
518
High
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIKEVILLE INDEPENDENT·NCES 210483001214
Pikeville High School
120 Championship Drive, Pikeville, KY 41501 · (606) 432-0185 · Pike County
GRADES 07–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Kentucky public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
158 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 82 | 16% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pikeville Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
78.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pikeville High School
Pikeville High School's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikeville High School this school | 518 | 30.5% | 64.6% |
| Walton-Verona High School Walton | 548 | 34.1% | 47.8% |
| Russell High School Russell | 615 | 39.5% | 45.3% |
| Hancock County High School Lewisport | 461 | 41.6% | 41.8% |
| Spencer County High School Taylorsville | 986 | 37.7% | 49.7% |
| Conner High School Hebron | 1,400 | 33.6% | 43.8% |
Matched among Kentucky high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pikeville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Pike County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #3 of 211 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #3 of 211 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #4 of 211 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #162 of 304 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #27 of 217 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #141 of 217 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #222 of 230 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #132 of 139 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
518
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 518 | 38.5 | 13.4:1 | 31% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 39.5 | 13.6:1 | 31% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 38.3 | 13.4:1 | 31% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 35% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 33% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 31% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 27% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 24% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 39 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pikeville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (524 to 518); teachers up 10% (35 to 38.5).
About Pikeville High School
Pikeville High School is a mid-sized high school that serves part of Pikeville, Kentucky. It is open to students in grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 518 students.
Pikeville Independent, which runs Pikeville High School, has 2 schools and 1,129 students.
Pikeville High School is 89% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
Based on 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Pikeville High School has a ratio of 13.4:1. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky is 3.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 31%. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Pike County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Pikeville High School lands at A+, ahead of 99% of Kentucky public high schools.
Pikeville High School is 10.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.6% versus 53.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kentucky.
In Pike County, home to about 56,727 people, median household income comes to about $44,312, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,644, Pikeville High School among them.
Pikeville High School's nearest public school is Pikeville Elementary School (about 2.0 miles). In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Pikeville High School. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pikeville High School is 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Pikeville High School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 545 to 518, a 5% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,727
Census ACS
Median income
$44,312
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
8,644 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pikeville Independent
- Pikeville Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Other schools in Pikeville
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Mullins Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Johns Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Pikeville Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Millard SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Pike County Central High SchoolHigh · 561 students
Nearby schools
- Pikeville Elementary School2.0 mi · 611
- Mullins Elementary School2.8 mi · 779
- Pike County Virtual Academy3.0 mi · 95
- Pike County Central High School3.0 mi · 561
- Northpoint Academy4.0 mi · 50
- Pike County Day Treatment4.0 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Pikeville High SchoolHow large is Pikeville High School?
Pikeville High School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades 07-12.
Is Pikeville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pikeville High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Pikeville High School have?
Pikeville High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Pikeville High School?
Student demographics at Pikeville High School are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pikeville High School public or private?
Pikeville High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pikeville Independent.
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