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Bath County Middle School
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Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bath County Middle School
Bath County Middle School is a cozy 6-8 campus in Owingsville, Kentucky, operated by Bath County. The school teaches 391 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.
Within Bath County, which oversees 5 schools and 1,936 students, Bath County Middle School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Bath County Middle School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% multiracial. Compared to Bath County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Bath County Middle School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 74% of students at Bath County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Bath County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of +1.8 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bath County put median household income runs about $56,541, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Bath County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,936 students), Bath County Middle School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Second Chance Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bath County Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.5%.
Bath County Middle School operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. Bath County Middle School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 391).
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Bath County at a glance
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Related schools
- Bath County High SchoolHigh · 604 students
- Owingsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Second Chance AcademyHigh · 9 students
- Bath County High SchoolHigh · 604 students
- Owingsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Second Chance AcademyHigh · 9 students
- Second Chance Academy0.0 mi · 9
- Owingsville Elementary School0.3 mi · 535
- Bath County High School0.5 mi · 604
- Crossroads Elementary School4.5 mi · 397
- Mount Sterling Elementary School9.6 mi · 464
- Northview Elementary10.8 mi · 503