Enrollment
266
Middle
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRACKEN COUNTY·NCES 210066001560
Bracken County Middle School
167 Parsley Drive, Brooksville, KY 41004 · (606) 735-3425 · Bracken County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- 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
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
155 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 95 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 32% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bracken County Middle School→Bracken County High School
Feeds from
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
49.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
50.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Bracken County Middle School
Bracken County Middle School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bracken County Middle School this school | 266 | 58.3% | 44.2% |
| Edmonson County 5/6 Center Brownsville | 265 | 57.0% | 34.7% |
| Crittenden County Middle School Marion | 277 | 60.3% | 47.4% |
| Mckell Middle School South Shore | 338 | 58.0% | 38.5% |
| Hazard Middle School Hazard | 256 | 57.0% | 39.8% |
| Simons Middle School Flemingsburg | 342 | 57.0% | 36.4% |
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 Bracken County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #75 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #55 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #84 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #197 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #105 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.0% | #199 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #115 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #138 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
266
-38 (-12%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 266 | 16.7 | 16.0:1 | 58% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 54% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 53% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 15 | 20.3:1 | 49% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 16.9 | 16.3:1 | 60% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 59% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 50% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 47% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 18 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bracken County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (276 to 266); teachers down 2% (16.9 to 16.7).
About Bracken County Middle School
Bracken County Middle School is a middle-grades school in Brooksville, Kentucky, and it is part of Bracken County. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 266 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average about 558 students.
Bracken County Middle School belongs to Bracken County, a district of 3 schools and 1,133 students.
Bracken County Middle School enrolls a student body that is 96% White. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial. For comparison, Bracken County is about 96% White. Bracken County Middle School has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bracken County Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.0:1. Across middle schools in Kentucky, the average ratio is about 15.8:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. Across public schools in Bracken County, the average is about the same, 57%.
Bracken County Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of Kentucky public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bracken County Middle School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (44.2% versus 43.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kentucky.
Federal survey data for Bracken County show that median household income is about $66,319, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bracken County Middle School is among the 4 public schools in Bracken County.
Of nearby public schools, Taylor Elementary School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. On proficiency, Bracken County Middle School is ahead of the 34.3% nearby average, ranking 1st of 5.
Bracken County Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 12%, from 304 to 266. The ratio was 20.3:1 in 2020-21 and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Bracken County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,444
Census ACS
Median income
$66,319
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bracken County
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Bracken County High SchoolHigh · 377 students
Other schools in Brooksville
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Bracken County High SchoolHigh · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Taylor Elementary School0.1 mi · 490
- Bracken County High School0.4 mi · 377
- Augusta Independent School7.3 mi · 334
- Felicity-Franklin Local Elementary School10.7 mi · 346
- Felicity-Franklin Local High School10.7 mi · 184
- Felicity-Franklin Local Junior High School10.7 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About Bracken County Middle SchoolHow large is Bracken County Middle School?
Bracken County Middle School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bracken County Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bracken County Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bracken County Middle School have?
Bracken County Middle School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is Bracken County Middle School?
Bracken County Middle School reports a student body of 96% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bracken County Middle School in?
Bracken County Middle School is part of Bracken County.
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