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If you could change one rule at Ballyshannon Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
609
Middle
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONE COUNTY·NCES 210051002460
Ballyshannon Middle School
7515 Shamrock Avenue, Union, KY 41091 · (859) 905-2620 · Boone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Kentucky public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
167 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 219 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 181 | 30% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
57.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ballyshannon Middle School
Ballyshannon Middle School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyshannon Middle School this school | 609 | 27.4% | 51.7% |
| Eastside Middle School Mount Washington | 682 | 26.2% | 46.4% |
| East Hardin Middle School Elizabethtown | 775 | 32.9% | 54.4% |
| South Oldham Middle School Crestwood | 848 | 21.5% | 58.5% |
| Twenhofel Middle School Independence | 775 | 35.9% | 51.8% |
| Conner Middle School Hebron | 865 | 36.0% | 62.2% |
Matched among Kentucky middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ballyshannon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #44 of 216 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #24 of 216 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #46 of 217 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #90 of 221 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #109 of 210 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #98 of 210 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #212 of 219 | #6 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
609
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 609 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 27% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 27% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 28% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 30% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ballyshannon Middle School.
About Ballyshannon Middle School
At 7515 Shamrock Avenue in Union, Kentucky, Ballyshannon Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school. It has an enrollment of 609 students in grades 6 through 8.
Ballyshannon Middle School reports to Boone County, which has 27 schools and 20,514 students.
Of every 100 students at Ballyshannon Middle School, about 81 are White. After that, the student body is 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Census estimates put Boone County at about 83% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Ballyshannon Middle School are from different groups.
Staffing at Ballyshannon Middle School comes to 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. On the income side, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Boone County averages 40%, higher than here.
Ballyshannon Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of Kentucky public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.8%.
In the wider Boone County area, the median household earns about $99,414 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Ballyshannon Middle School shares Boone County with 33 other public schools.
The closest school to Ballyshannon Middle School is Longbranch Elementary School, located about 1.2 miles away. Ballyshannon Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Ballyshannon Middle School at 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 656 to 609.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,841
Census ACS
Median income
$99,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,394 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone County
- Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Randall K. Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Conner High SchoolHigh · 1,400 students
- Boone County High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
Other schools in Union
- Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Randall K. Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
- New Haven Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Shirley Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
Nearby schools
- Longbranch Elementary School1.2 mi · 957
- Randall K. Cooper High School1.3 mi · 1,490
- Erpenbeck Elementary School2.1 mi · 764
- Shirley Mann Elementary School2.1 mi · 710
- Larry A. Ryle High School2.1 mi · 2,077
- Gray Middle School2.2 mi · 1,006
Frequently asked questions
About Ballyshannon Middle SchoolHow large is Ballyshannon Middle School?
Ballyshannon Middle School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ballyshannon Middle School serve?
Ballyshannon Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ballyshannon Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ballyshannon Middle School is approximately 16.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ballyshannon Middle School?
At Ballyshannon Middle School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Ballyshannon Middle School in?
Ballyshannon Middle School is part of Boone County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.