Enrollment
344
Middle
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIKE COUNTY·NCES 210480002013
Belfry Middle School
25259 US 119 N, Belfry, KY 41514 · (606) 353-9688 · Pike County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Kentucky public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
222 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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 | 118 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 35% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
56.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
43.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Belfry Middle School
Belfry Middle School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfry Middle School this school | 344 | 64.5% | 45.4% |
| Morgan County Middle School West Liberty | 361 | 66.2% | 38.1% |
| Louisa Middle School Louisa | 384 | 63.0% | 33.5% |
| Powell County Middle School Stanton | 418 | 66.3% | 22.1% |
| Estill County Middle School Irvine | 423 | 67.6% | 35.8% |
| Green County Middle School Greensburg | 366 | 63.7% | 37.5% |
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 Belfry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #71 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #90 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #51 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #175 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #146 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #190 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #72 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #49 of 156 |
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
344
-41 (-11%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 344 | 20.5 | 16.8:1 | 65% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 22.5 | 14.9:1 | 68% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 21.5 | 16.2:1 | 75% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 64% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 24.5 | 17.3:1 | 55% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 62% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 62% (350) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belfry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (423 to 344); teachers down 16% (24.5 to 20.5).
About Belfry Middle School
Belfry, Kentucky, is home to Belfry Middle School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. There are 344 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 38% below the 558-student average for middle schools in Kentucky.
Pike County enrolls 7,515 students in 20 schools, including Belfry Middle School.
Belfry Middle School is 94% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% multiracial and 2% Black. That is in line with Pike County, where about 94% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Belfry Middle School scores 11%.
There are about 16.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Belfry Middle School, which has 20.5. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Kentucky is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Belfry Middle School is about 65%. The average for public schools in Pike County is similar, at 67%.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Belfry Middle School outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Belfry Middle School is 4.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.4% versus 41.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kentucky.
Census data for Pike County show median household income comes to about $44,312, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,644, Belfry Middle School among them.
The closest school to Belfry Middle School is Belfry Elementary, located about 1.4 miles away. Belfry Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Local comparison: Belfry Middle School ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 45.4% versus a 48.4% average.
Belfry Middle School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was 344 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 385.
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Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,727
Census ACS
Median income
$44,312
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
8,644 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pike County
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Mullins Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Johns Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Millard SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Belfry ElementaryElementary · 589 students
- Pike County Central High SchoolHigh · 561 students
Other schools in Belfry
- Belfry ElementaryElementary · 589 students
- Belfry High SchoolHigh · 463 students
- Belfry Area Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Belfry Elementary1.4 mi · 589
- Belfry High School1.8 mi · 463
- Williamson Pk83.4 mi · 502
- Bevins Elementary School4.6 mi · 236
- Burch Pk86.2 mi · 469
- Matewan Pk86.3 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Belfry Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Belfry Middle School?
Belfry Middle School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Belfry Middle School serve?
Belfry Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Belfry Middle School have?
Belfry Middle School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Belfry Middle School?
Belfry Middle School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Belfry Middle School?
Belfry Middle School is overseen by Pike County in Pike County.
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