Best Middle Schools in Kentucky for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Kentucky Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kentucky test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KSA test scores by the Kentucky Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 311)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
210254000540	1	Green Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	123 W Hwy 221	Bledsoe	40810	Harlan County	Harlan County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 558-3533	124	10	12.4	75.0%	107 (86.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$22,580	$3,148	$1,563	$4,711	$12,628	$2,723	$15,351	99.7%	98.8%	0.91%
210312000836	2	Jones Fork Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9795 Hwy 550 E	Mousie	41839	Knott County	Knott County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 946-2132	164	12	13.6	83.5%	159 (97.0%)	2 (1.2%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,401	$2,196	$1,724	$3,919	$8,584	$2,898	$11,481	99.4%	99.1%	0.28%
210159000318	3	East Bernstadt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	229 School Street	East Bernstadt	40729	Laurel County	East Bernstadt Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 843-6221	523	35	14.9	66.9%	497 (95.0%)	6 (1.1%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.1%)	$17,110	$896	$811	$1,707	$9,410	$2,325	$11,736	99.0%	97.2%	1.81%
210254000534	4	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	98.7%	95.4%	3.34%
210372002311	5	Farristown Middle School	Public	6-8	751 Farristown Industrial Road	Berea	40403	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 387-8600	466	26	18.1	48.3%	424 (91.0%)	7 (1.5%)	14 (3.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$15,495	$1,197	$365	$1,562	$8,181	$2,121	$10,302	98.4%	98.5%	0.06%
210299002027	6	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	98.1%	95.1%	3.01%
210132001414	7	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	97.7%	96.6%	1.14%
210573002298	8	South Warren Middle School	Public	7-8	295 Rich Pond Road	Bowling Green	42104	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 467-7510	772	42	18.3	41.6%	574 (74.4%)	46 (6.0%)	43 (5.6%)	66 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	40 (5.2%)	$13,294	$688	$776	$1,464	$7,016	$2,029	$9,045	97.4%	97.8%	0.41%
210480002296	9	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	97.1%	93.8%	3.28%
210477001175	10	Robinson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	13150 Ky Hwy 476	Ary	41712	Perry County	Perry County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 378-7761	266	16	16.5	62.8%	255 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$18,266	$1,496	$2,009	$3,505	$10,711	$4,629	$15,340	96.8%	92.0%	4.81%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.