Talton K Stone Middle School

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Talton K Stone Middle School is a public middle school located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 545 students. The school is part of the Elizabethtown Independent School District, which is ranked 62 out of 159 districts in Kentucky and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Talton K Stone Middle School has consistently ranked in the top 100-130 middle schools in Kentucky over the past several years, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance in core subjects like Mathematics, Reading, and Writing is generally above the state average, with a notable strength in Reading and Writing. While the school's Mathematics proficiency rates range from 32% to 49%, outperforming the state average of 37-42%, its Reading proficiency rates range from 46% to 59%, significantly higher than the state average of 41-49%. In Writing, the school's proficiency rate for 8th grade is 66%, compared to the state average of 49%. However, the school's performance varies among different student subgroups, with female and Hispanic students outperforming their peers, while African American, multi-racial, students with disabilities, and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds have lower rankings, suggesting a need for targeted interventions.

Compared to nearby schools, such as East Hardin Middle School, Talton K Stone Middle School generally outperforms them in academic metrics, particularly in Reading and Writing. However, some nearby schools have higher rankings and stronger performance in Mathematics and other subjects. The school's declining ranking and resource allocation, as indicated by a decrease in per-student spending, may be contributing to the observed performance trends, suggesting the need for a closer examination of the school's resource allocation and targeted interventions to support student learning.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 323 Morningside Dr
       Elizabethtown, KY  42701


(270) 769-6343

District: Elizabethtown Independent

SchoolDigger Rank:
104th of 324 Kentucky Middle Schools


Students who attend Talton K Stone Middle School usually attend:

High:    Elizabethtown High School

Feeder schools for Talton K Stone Middle School:

Elementary:    Helmwood Heights Elementary School
    Morningside Elementary School
    Panther Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  15.0 Help
Number of students:  545

Racial breakdown:

White:
63.7%
Two or more races:
12.3%
African American:
11.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  42% Help


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Talton K Stone Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Talton K Stone Middle School 104th of 324 Kentucky public middle schools. (See Talton K Stone Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Elizabethtown Independent:

SchoolDigger ranks Elizabethtown Independent 62nd of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Talton K Stone Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 71.70 64th 284 77.5%
2008 63.92 93rd 287 67.6%
2009 57.86 119th 289 58.8%
2010 52.29 146th 299 51.2%
2011 56.52 138th 304 54.6%
2012 65.20 85th 319 73.4%
2013 64.27 91st 335 72.8%
2014 65.01 95th 335 71.6%
2015 69.16 78th 337 76.9%
2016 79.37 30th 331 90.9%
2017 66.71 90th 330 72.7%
2018 69.82 72nd 322 77.6%
2019 69.29 83rd 335 75.2%
2021 55.86 93rd 282 67.0%
2022 53.16 130th 320 59.4%
2023 63.04 102nd 327 68.8%
2024 61.30 104th 324 67.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.64 18th 85 78.8%
2019 47.87 53rd 87 39.1%
2022 38.59 68th 98 30.6%
2023 50.03 43rd 95 54.7%
2024 42.67 55th 99 44.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 69.98 69th 294 76.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.57 125th 285 56.1%
2019 36.51 211th 303 30.4%
2021 35.53 138th 224 38.4%
2022 29.58 229th 310 26.1%
2023 42.75 171st 309 44.7%
2024 38.49 196th 311 37.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.34 70th 290 75.9%
2019 63.74 89th 299 70.2%
2021 61.70 60th 233 74.2%
2022 60.87 82nd 299 72.6%
2023 67.25 70th 295 76.3%
2024 56.01 113th 300 62.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.45 151st 219 31.1%
2019 47.46 87th 226 61.5%
2022 29.73 81st 111 27.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.53 4th 62 93.5%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 61.38 2nd 3 33.3%
2023 45.93 4th 6 33.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.21 73rd 293 75.1%
2019 69.86 67th 303 77.9%
2021 50.23 93rd 222 58.1%
2022 38.59 182nd 304 40.1%
2023 53.23 129th 307 58.0%
2024 63.55 94th 304 69.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.89 46th 96 52.1%
2019 41.18 57th 96 40.6%
2022 36.82 50th 84 40.5%
2023 45.95 38th 79 51.9%
2024 49.17 41st 80 48.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.93 24th 116 79.3%
2019 62.74 34th 120 71.7%
2022 57.39 46th 120 61.7%
2023 83.35 9th 119 92.4%
2024 85.12 7th 123 94.3%
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Rank History for White students at Talton K Stone Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.49 40th 253 84.2%
2019 79.89 34th 266 87.2%
2021 62.20 56th 213 73.7%
2022 58.42 108th 314 65.6%
2023 64.70 88th 320 72.5%
2024 64.18 95th 316 69.9%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Talton K Stone Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 275 31 7 0 1 n/a n/a 0 314
1989 275 34 9 1 0 n/a n/a 0 319
1990 258 30 15 0 0 n/a n/a 0 303
1991 242 30 18 1 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1992 242 34 13 1 0 n/a n/a 0 290
1993 250 43 8 2 1 n/a n/a 0 304
1994 267 31 8 4 1 n/a n/a 0 311
1995 267 40 18 2 0 n/a n/a 0 327
1996 267 40 18 2 0 n/a n/a 0 327
1997 265 36 7 6 0 n/a n/a 0 314
1998 420 74 14 7 1 n/a n/a 9 525
1999 421 79 12 7 3 n/a n/a 9 531
2000 377 76 14 6 3 n/a n/a 6 482
2001 399 78 12 4 4 n/a n/a 7 504
2002 421 76 20 11 5 n/a n/a 0 533
2003 421 76 20 11 5 n/a n/a 0 533
2004 430 86 19 10 8 n/a n/a 0 553
2005 416 84 19 15 7 n/a n/a 0 541
2006 408 76 15 7 3 n/a n/a 0 509
2007 405 70 11 6 1 n/a n/a 32 525
2008 409 66 14 7 2 n/a n/a 29 527
2009 414 68 20 6 2 n/a n/a 24 534
2010 408 80 18 11 2 n/a n/a 18 537
2011 436 76 11 17 1 1 30 0 572
2012 417 88 18 22 2 1 28 0 576
2013 397 85 21 19 1 0 27 0 550
2014 418 80 24 23 3 0 36 0 584
2015 382 83 26 29 2 0 54 0 576
2016 344 76 25 23 0 0 54 0 522
2017 373 66 21 31 0 0 55 0 546
2018 372 82 21 34 1 0 64 0 574
2019 414 77 17 42 3 1 61 0 615
2020 430 75 23 42 3 0 57 0 630
2021 399 66 18 49 0 3 58 0 593
2022 367 56 17 45 0 1 76 0 562
2023 347 61 14 54 0 2 67 0 545

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Talton K Stone Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 314 17.2 18.2 n/a
1989 319 17.7 18.0 n/a
1990 303 17.7 17.1 n/a
1991 291 17.5 16.6 n/a
1992 290 17.2 16.8 n/a
1993 304 17.6 17.3 n/a
1994 311 18.4 16.9 n/a
1995 327 16.7 19.6 n/a
1996 327 16.7 19.6 n/a
1997 314 17.0 18.5 23.6
1998 525 25.5 20.6 25.4
1999 531 27.4 19.4 34.7
2000 482 26.7 18.1 33.4
2001 504 28.1 17.9 37.2
2002 533 28.3 18.8 56.8
2003 533 28.3 18.8 56.8
2004 553 29.8 18.6 n/a
2005 541 29.2 18.5 n/a
2006 509 29.8 17.1 40.3
2007 525 29.0 18.1 44.6
2008 527 30.4 17.3 44
2009 534 31.3 17.1 28.8
2010 537 26.6 20.1 44.3
2011 572 32.1 17.8 44.4
2012 576 33.1 17.4 47.6
2013 550 34.3 16.0 45.6
2014 584 33.4 17.4 51
2015 576 34.0 16.9 52.4
2016 522 34.0 15.3 51.3
2017 546 33.6 16.2 51.5
2018 574 34.6 16.5 51.9
2019 615 35.0 17.5 43.9
2020 630 37.0 17.0 41.3
2021 593 36.0 16.4 50.4
2022 562 34.7 16.1 46.3
2023 545 36.2 15.0 42

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Talton K Stone Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 314 17.2 18.2 n/a
1989 319 17.7 18.0 n/a
1990 303 17.7 17.1 n/a
1991 291 17.5 16.6 n/a
1992 290 17.2 16.8 n/a
1993 304 17.6 17.3 n/a
1994 311 18.4 16.9 n/a
1995 327 16.7 19.6 n/a
1996 327 16.7 19.6 n/a
1997 314 17.0 18.5 23.6
1998 525 25.5 20.6 25.4
1999 531 27.4 19.4 34.7
2000 482 26.7 18.1 33.4
2001 504 28.1 17.9 37.2
2002 533 28.3 18.8 56.8
2003 533 28.3 18.8 56.8
2004 553 29.8 18.6 n/a
2005 541 29.2 18.5 n/a
2006 509 29.8 17.1 40.3
2007 525 29.0 18.1 44.6
2008 527 30.4 17.3 44
2009 534 31.3 17.1 28.8
2010 537 26.6 20.1 44.3
2011 572 32.1 17.8 44.4
2012 576 33.1 17.4 47.6
2013 550 34.3 16.0 45.6
2014 584 33.4 17.4 51
2015 576 34.0 16.9 52.4
2016 522 34.0 15.3 51.3
2017 546 33.6 16.2 51.5
2018 574 34.6 16.5 51.9
2019 615 35.0 17.5 43.9
2020 630 37.0 17.0 41.3
2021 593 36.0 16.4 50.4
2022 562 34.7 16.1 46.3
2023 545 36.2 15.0 42

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Talton K Stone Middle School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $347 (3.7%) $160 (1.7%) $507 (5.4%) $7,811 (82.8%) $1,118 (11.8%) $8,929 (94.6%) $9,436
2019 $200 (2.7%) $20 (0.3%) $220 (2.9%) $6,610 (88.6%) $633 (8.5%) $7,243 (97.1%) $7,463
2020 $213 (2.8%) $23 (0.3%) $235 (3.0%) $6,832 (88.4%) $663 (8.6%) $7,495 (97.0%) $7,730
2021 $443 (4.6%) $288 (3.0%) $732 (7.6%) $7,913 (82.5%) $946 (9.9%) $8,859 (92.4%) $9,591
2022 $634 (6.0%) $586 (5.6%) $1,219 (11.6%) $8,129 (77.1%) $1,197 (11.4%) $9,327 (88.4%) $10,546

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Talton K Stone Middle School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 83rd of 335 Middle schoolsRanks 102nd of 327 Middle schools
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students615545
 11.4%
African American7761
 20.8%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian1714
 17.6%
Hispanic4254
 28.6%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White414347
 16.2%
Two or More Races6167
 9.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients43.9%42%
 1.9%


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Talton K Stone Middle School ranks 104th of 324 Kentucky middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Talton K Stone Middle School are 64% White, 12% Two or more races, 11% African American, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Students who attend Talton K Stone Middle School usually go on to attend Elizabethtown High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 545 students attended Talton K Stone Middle School.


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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.

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