Barren County Middle School

Located at 555 Trojan Trail, in Glasgow, Kentucky, Barren County Middle School is a mid-tier middle school that instructs 649 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Barren County.

Within Barren County, which oversees 11 schools and 4,908 students, Barren County Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Barren County Middle School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Barren County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Barren County Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Barren County Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Barren County put the typical household earns roughly $50,628 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Barren County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,749 students), of which Barren County Middle School is one.

Barren County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barren County Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 756 students in 2018 compared to 649 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.