High · Kentucky

Paintsville High School

Free meals for all

Paintsville High School, a public high school in Paintsville, Kentucky: grades 7–12, 318 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Paintsville Independent.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
318
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
7–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 15.5 · 353 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 450 · 356 schools compared

Smaller than 58% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Kentucky: 48%

49%proficient

+9.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 81% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 35% · 27 high schools compared

121 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kentucky: 42%

41%proficient

+9.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 71% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 32% · 24 high schools compared

121 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Paintsville Independent.

Location

Address
225 2nd St, Paintsville, KY 41240
Phone
(606)789-2656
City or town
Paintsville

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Johnson Central High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1288812.3
Prestonsburg High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1250817.2
9–121212.0
Magoffin County High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1253814.2
8–120—
Martin County High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1251917.3

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 210468001156