Bracken 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 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bracken County Middle School
As a close-knit middle school in Brooksville, Kentucky, Bracken County Middle School works with 266 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Bracken County. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 52% leaner than typical.
Bracken County comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,133 students; Bracken County Middle School is among them.
Demographically, Bracken County Middle School records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bracken County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 58% of students at Bracken County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bracken County Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bracken County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,319 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Bracken County Middle School is one of 4 public schools in Bracken County (combined enrollment of about 1,467 students).
The closest other public school is Taylor Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bracken County Middle School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 34.3%.
Bracken County Middle School operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. Bracken County Middle School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 266).
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