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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Kentucky

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Kentucky, drawn from 217 qualifying public middle schools. Scapa At Bluegrass leads the list at 86.0%, against a median of 46.7% 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

217

Kentucky

Top % Proficient (Reading)

86.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

46.7%

BEST IN READING · KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Scapa At Bluegrass	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	300	86.0%
2	Corbin Middle School	Corbin, KY	Corbin Independent	Middle	675	71.7%
3	Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	1,125	71.3%
4	Lyon County Middle School	Eddyville, KY	Lyon County	Middle	210	71.0%
5	North Oldham Middle School	Goshen, KY	Oldham County	Middle	720	69.7%
6	Scott County Middle School	Georgetown, KY	Scott County	Middle	837	69.7%
7	Farristown Middle School	Berea, KY	Madison County	Middle	463	68.3%
8	Walton-Verona Middle School	Walton, KY	Walton-Verona Independent	Middle	425	68.3%
9	Noe Middle	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	Middle	1,155	67.7%
10	Lone Oak Middle School	Paducah, KY	McCracken County	Middle	702	67.3%
11	Gray Middle School	Union, KY	Boone County	Middle	1,006	67.0%
12	Conner Middle School	Hebron, KY	Boone County	Middle	865	66.7%
13	East Oldham Middle School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	Middle	570	66.7%
14	Murray Middle School	Murray, KY	Murray Independent	Middle	645	65.8%
15	Drakes Creek Middle School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	Middle	704	65.5%
16	Jessie M Clark Middle School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	1,002	65.0%
17	Ballard County Middle School	Barlow, KY	Ballard County	Middle	202	64.3%
18	Highlands Middle School	Fort Thomas, KY	Fort Thomas Independent	Middle	717	64.3%
19	Clark Moores Middle School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	Middle	558	64.0%
20	Barret Traditional Middle	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	Middle	579	63.7%
21	David T. Wilson Elementary	Brandenburg, KY	Meade County	Middle	529	63.7%
22	Oldham County Middle School	Buckner, KY	Oldham County	Middle	768	63.7%
23	North Marshall Middle School	Calvert City, KY	Marshall County	Middle	487	63.3%
24	Southern Middle School	Somerset, KY	Pulaski County	Middle	871	63.3%
25	South Oldham Middle School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	Middle	848	63.0%
26	Boyle County Middle School	Danville, KY	Boyle County	Middle	655	62.3%
27	James Madison Middle School	Madisonville, KY	Hopkins County	Middle	466	62.0%
28	South Laurel Middle School	London, KY	Laurel County	Middle	837	62.0%
29	North Laurel Middle School	London, KY	Laurel County	Middle	970	62.0%
30	Heath Middle School	West Paducah, KY	McCracken County	Middle	433	62.0%
31	Daviess County Middle School	Owensboro, KY	Daviess County	Middle	870	61.3%
32	Morton Middle School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	Middle	604	61.3%
33	Grayson County Middle School	Leitchfield, KY	Grayson County	Middle	837	61.3%
34	Knox County Middle School	Barbourville, KY	Knox County	Middle	522	61.3%
35	B. Michael Caudill Middle School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	Middle	517	61.3%
36	South Warren Middle School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	Middle	805	61.0%
37	Woodland Middle School	Taylor Mill, KY	Kenton County	Middle	542	60.3%
38	Northern Middle School	Somerset, KY	Pulaski County	Middle	797	60.3%
39	Whitley County Middle School	Williamsburg, KY	Whitley County	Middle	547	59.5%
40	East Hardin Middle School	Elizabethtown, KY	Hardin County	Middle	775	59.3%
41	Henry County Middle School	New Castle, KY	Henry County	Middle	421	59.3%
42	Carlisle County Middle School	Bardwell, KY	Carlisle County	Middle	159	59.0%
43	Graves County Middle School	Mayfield, KY	Graves County	Middle	556	58.0%
44	Twenhofel Middle School	Independence, KY	Kenton County	Middle	775	58.0%
45	Foley Middle School	Berea, KY	Madison County	Middle	429	57.7%
46	Ballyshannon Middle School	Union, KY	Boone County	Middle	609	57.3%
47	Madison Middle School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	Middle	586	56.7%
48	Owensboro Innovation Middle School	Owensboro, KY	Owensboro Independent	Middle	311	56.7%
49	Royal Spring Middle School	Georgetown, KY	Scott County	Middle	719	56.7%
50	McLean County Middle School	Calhoun, KY	McLean County	Middle	321	56.3%

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