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The highest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Kentucky

Across Kentucky, 216 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. Scapa At Bluegrass leads the list at 81.0%, against a median of 40.1% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

216

Kentucky

Top % Proficient

81.0%

Median % Proficient

40.1%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Scapa At Bluegrass	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	14.0%	300	81.0%
2	Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	31.5%	1,125	65.2%
3	Corbin Middle School	Corbin, KY	Corbin Independent	Middle	55.4%	675	64.8%
4	North Oldham Middle School	Goshen, KY	Oldham County	Middle	11.3%	720	64.5%
5	Murray Middle School	Murray, KY	Murray Independent	Middle	47.4%	645	62.9%
6	Conner Middle School	Hebron, KY	Boone County	Middle	36.0%	865	62.2%
7	Lone Oak Middle School	Paducah, KY	McCracken County	Middle	48.1%	702	62.2%
8	Farristown Middle School	Berea, KY	Madison County	Middle	44.5%	463	61.7%
9	Walton-Verona Middle School	Walton, KY	Walton-Verona Independent	Middle	38.1%	425	60.9%
10	Gray Middle School	Union, KY	Boone County	Middle	25.5%	1,006	60.9%
11	Noe Middle	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	Middle	42.8%	1,155	60.8%
12	Highlands Middle School	Fort Thomas, KY	Fort Thomas Independent	Middle	10.9%	717	60.7%
13	Lyon County Middle School	Eddyville, KY	Lyon County	Middle	46.7%	210	60.6%
14	South Warren Middle School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	Middle	45.6%	805	60.2%
15	Scott County Middle School	Georgetown, KY	Scott County	Middle	53.2%	837	60.1%
16	Drakes Creek Middle School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	Middle	60.2%	704	60.0%
17	East Oldham Middle School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	Middle	17.7%	570	59.7%
18	South Oldham Middle School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	Middle	21.5%	848	58.5%
19	Ballard County Middle School	Barlow, KY	Ballard County	Middle	50.5%	202	58.3%
20	Carlisle County Middle School	Bardwell, KY	Carlisle County	Middle	56.6%	159	57.9%
21	Jessie M Clark Middle School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	34.9%	1,002	57.5%
22	B. Michael Caudill Middle School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	Middle	46.0%	517	56.8%
23	North Laurel Middle School	London, KY	Laurel County	Middle	65.6%	970	56.4%
24	Whitley County Middle School	Williamsburg, KY	Whitley County	Middle	76.2%	547	55.7%
25	Barret Traditional Middle	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	Middle	46.5%	579	55.1%
26	Daviess County Middle School	Owensboro, KY	Daviess County	Middle	55.1%	870	55.0%
27	Morton Middle School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	40.4%	604	55.0%
28	David T. Wilson Elementary	Brandenburg, KY	Meade County	Middle	40.6%	529	55.0%
29	East Hardin Middle School	Elizabethtown, KY	Hardin County	Middle	32.9%	775	54.4%
30	Boyle County Middle School	Danville, KY	Boyle County	Middle	49.8%	655	54.1%
31	South Laurel Middle School	London, KY	Laurel County	Middle	70.1%	837	54.1%
32	Wolfe County Middle School	Campton, KY	Wolfe County	Middle	79.1%	148	53.8%
33	Marion County Middle School	Lebanon, KY	Marion County	Middle	54.1%	290	53.8%
34	Clark Moores Middle School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	Middle	56.6%	558	53.7%
35	Southern Middle School	Somerset, KY	Pulaski County	Middle	64.8%	871	53.5%
36	Grayson County Middle School	Leitchfield, KY	Grayson County	Middle	58.4%	837	53.2%
37	Knox County Middle School	Barbourville, KY	Knox County	Middle	76.8%	522	53.2%
38	Oldham County Middle School	Buckner, KY	Oldham County	Middle	33.3%	768	52.8%
39	Heath Middle School	West Paducah, KY	McCracken County	Middle	50.3%	433	52.6%
40	Calloway County Middle School	Murray, KY	Calloway County	Middle	57.2%	607	52.3%
41	Woodland Middle School	Taylor Mill, KY	Kenton County	Middle	46.9%	542	52.3%
42	North Marshall Middle School	Calvert City, KY	Marshall County	Middle	51.5%	487	51.9%
43	Twenhofel Middle School	Independence, KY	Kenton County	Middle	35.9%	775	51.8%
44	Ballyshannon Middle School	Union, KY	Boone County	Middle	27.4%	609	51.7%
45	Northern Middle School	Somerset, KY	Pulaski County	Middle	59.1%	797	51.4%
46	Beaumont Middle School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	33.9%	743	51.2%
47	West Jessamine Middle School	Nicholasville, KY	Jessamine County	Middle	47.4%	887	50.2%
48	Foley Middle School	Berea, KY	Madison County	Middle	57.1%	429	50.0%
49	James Madison Middle School	Madisonville, KY	Hopkins County	Middle	44.0%	466	49.8%
50	Russell County Middle School	Russell Springs, KY	Russell County	Middle	68.1%	652	48.9%

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