Berea Community Middle School

As an one-room-style middle school in Berea, Kentucky, Berea Community Middle School enrolls 214 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Berea Independent. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Within Berea Independent, which oversees 3 schools and 971 students, Berea Community Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Berea Community Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at Berea Community Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Berea Community Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 40.1%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Madison County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,351 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Madison County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,103 students), Berea Community Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Berea Community High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Berea Community Middle School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Berea Community Middle School has contracted 22%, going from 274 students in 2018 to 214 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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