Best Middle Schools in Kentucky

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 324)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
210132001414	11	Corbin Middle School	Public	6-8	50 Ed McNeel Drive	Corbin	40701	Whitley County	Corbin Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 523-3619	646	40	16	57.9%	612 (94.7%)	3 (0.5%)	22 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	$14,773	$932	$508	$1,440	$8,311	$1,628	$9,939	92.3	95.3	7	4
210036000060	12	Beechwood High School	Public	7-12	54 Beechwood Rd	Fort Mitchell	41017	Kenton County	Beechwood Independent	No	No	No	No	(859) 331-1220	727	41	17.9	14.3%	623 (85.7%)	8 (1.1%)	61 (8.4%)	13 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.9%)	$17,334	$318	$95	$413	$8,824	$2,370	$11,194	91.7	95.8	5	7
210204001400	13	Highlands Middle School	Public	6-8	2350 Memorial Pkwy	Fort Thomas	41075	Campbell County	Fort Thomas Independent	No	No	No	No	(859) 441-5222	732	45	16.4	10.7%	656 (89.6%)	9 (1.2%)	23 (3.1%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.8%)	$11,061	$119	$105	$224	$9,045	$1,779	$10,825	91.1	91.5	16	3
210051000638	14	Gray Middle School	Public	6-8	10400 Us 42	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-5333	1,029	61	17	26.9%	854 (83.0%)	31 (3.0%)	74 (7.2%)	35 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.4%)	$10,452	$563	$475	$1,038	$8,494	$920	$9,415	90.4	91.8	15	1
210254000534	15	Cawood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	51 Nola St	Cawood	40815	Harlan County	Harlan County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 573-2502	205	17	12.4	90.2%	201 (98.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$20,678	$2,818	$1,559	$4,377	$10,875	$2,564	$13,439	90	88	22	7
210299002027	16	J. Graham Brown School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	546 South First Street	Louisville	40202	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	No	(502) 485-8216	738	46	15.9	28.3%	443 (60.0%)	159 (21.5%)	39 (5.3%)	32 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (8.5%)	$39,473	$1,894	$1,398	$3,292	$12,859	$1,512	$14,371	89.3	96.8	4	12
210051000083	17	Conner Middle School	Public	6-8	3300 Cougar Path	Hebron	41048	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 334-4410	896	56	16	34.9%	732 (81.7%)	50 (5.6%)	48 (5.4%)	19 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	43 (4.8%)	$10,991	$501	$522	$1,023	$9,009	$959	$9,968	88.6	94.9	8	9
210369001950	18	Lyon County Middle School	Public	6-8	111 W. Fairview Avenue	Eddyville	42038	Lyon County	Lyon County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 388-9715	243	14	17.8	50.6%	208 (85.6%)	6 (2.5%)	8 (3.3%)	3 (1.2%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.2%)	$12,803	$1,222	$1,045	$2,267	$8,497	$2,039	$10,536	88.6	78.7	51	33
210480002240	19	Millard School	Public	PK, KG-8	8015 Millard Highway	Pikeville	41501	Pike County	Pike County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 432-3380	604	37	16.3	77.3%	587 (97.2%)	4 (0.7%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$17,262	$1,600	$968	$2,568	$11,001	$2,946	$13,948	88.3	77.3	53	34
210480002296	20	Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	163 Douglas Park	Pikeville	41501	Pike County	Pike County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 639-2774	866	50	17.3	71.9%	840 (97.0%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.6%)	$15,240	$1,450	$903	$2,353	$9,429	$2,751	$12,180	87.6	91.2	17	3

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KSA Mathematics, KSA Reading, KSA Science, KSA Writing, KSA Social Studies, KSA Editing and Mechanics test scores released by the Kentucky Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kentucky Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education.
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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.