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Schools in Phelps

Phelps’s public schools

Pike County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Phelps. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Kentucky’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kentucky’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.8K
▼ 7% vs KY $14.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.9
KY 15.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
532 students on the public path
In brief

Phelps’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Phelps’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s 1,177 public schools. Phelps Elementary School places highest (better than 62%); Phelps High School lowest (11%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Phelps, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Phelps Elementary SchoolPike County School DistrictB
7–12Phelps High SchoolPike County School DistrictD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pike County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Pike County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 20 schools · 7,515 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 14.9 per teacher (KY 15.4)
$13,762KY $14,752 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 44.7% · 3790 students tested
Math37%
State average 37.8% · 3787 students tested

Phelps vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kentucky towns that share Phelps’s borders.

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Phelps—Pike County

Every school in Phelps

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kentucky’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Phelpsby address
Phelps Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Freeburn
B
293 students13:1Rate it →
Phelps High School
High · Grades 7–12
D
239 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Phelps’s schools

Are Phelps’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Phelps. Pike County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Phelps. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Phelps in?

Pike County School District.

Where do Phelps kids go to high school?

Phelps High School.

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What Phelps families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.