Millard School, Pikeville KY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Millard School

Millard School is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Pikeville, Kentucky. It sits within the Pike County school district, though the city of Pikeville itself also has a separate independent school system. For a parent considering this school, the most striking fact is that the student body is overwhelmingly white and that a substantial share of students come from households with lower incomes. That combination of demographics and economic context shapes the peer environment here more than any single program offering does.

The school serves just under six hundred students in grades PK through eight, making it mid-sized for an elementary-middle combination. Class sections appear to be a moderate size based on the grade-level enrollment counts. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and there are no Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or dual-credit course offerings listed. That is expected for a PK-8 building; those programs typically begin in high school.

On state assessments, Millard School’s performance is a mixed picture that deserves a close look by subject. In English language arts, proficiency rates across grades three through eight consistently run above the midpoint. Most grade levels show a majority of students scoring proficient, and in a couple of grades the share approaches three-quarters. Math results are more uneven. Some grades, particularly sixth and eighth, show solid proficiency, while fourth and seventh grade math dips to about half of students scoring proficient. That pattern of variation within one school year is something a parent may want to ask the school about directly, to understand how curriculum and instruction differ across grade levels.

Science results present a sharp contrast. Fourth-grade science proficiency is moderately strong, but seventh-grade science proficiency is low, with a minority of students reaching the proficient level. That drop from elementary to middle school science is a soft spot worth investigating further with the school. Social studies results are moderate and consistent between the grades tested. Overall, the school’s combined proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint relative to the other districts in Pike County. That comparison set is small, so the position should be read with the understanding that the field is narrow.

The community around Millard School is Pikeville, a regional economic and healthcare hub for eastern Kentucky. The city functions as a county seat and draws a large regional population for work, shopping, and medical care, anchored by a major medical center and a university. The downtown is compact because the valley geography limits sprawl, and the famous Pikeville Cut-Through project reshaped the floodplain and freed land for development. Housing in the immediate area is more affordable than state and national benchmarks, though recent data shows a decline in home values. The combination of a low-cost housing market and a school with a high rate of income-based meal eligibility suggests this is a community where many families are managing economic constraints.

The district itself, Pike County, did not return any recent parent-relevant changes from a search, so there is no major policy shift or boundary adjustment to factor in. That leaves the school’s own profile as the main consideration.

For a family, Millard School offers a conventional K-8 pathway in a rural-regional setting. The academic picture is one where many students meet state standards in reading and writing, while math and especially middle-school science show more variability. The student body is not diverse by race, and the economic need level is high. A parent who values a school where the community is unified by place and where the housing market is accessible may find this a practical fit. A parent looking for a wide range of advanced academic tracks or for a more economically mixed peer group would need to explore further, perhaps by speaking with the school about its math and science instruction and its support for students from lower-income households.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 368%

School 68% · District 56% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 55% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 54% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 671%

School 71% · District 43% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 751%

School 51% · District 50% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 47% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 58% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 64% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 68% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 676%

School 76% · District 60% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 58% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 52% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 53% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 32%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 57% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 47% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolPike County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income65%Higher-income53%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income74%Higher-income50%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income54%Higher-income82%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income70%Higher-income60%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income51%Higher-income50%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income80%26 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income59%Higher-income88%29 pp gap