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How has Browning Springs Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
443
Middle
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPKINS COUNTY·NCES 210286000601
Browning Springs Middle School
357 W Arch St, Madisonville, KY 42431 · (270) 825-6006 · Hopkins County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Kentucky public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
269 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 142 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 154 | 35% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
35.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
32.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Browning Springs Middle School
Browning Springs Middle School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browning Springs Middle School this school | 443 | 60.7% | 33.1% |
| Warren East Middle School Bowling Green | 491 | 65.2% | 34.5% |
| Caldwell County Middle School Princeton | 400 | 63.5% | 42.8% |
| Campbellsville Middle School Campbellsville | 284 | 60.6% | 34.4% |
| Owensboro Innovation Middle School Owensboro | 311 | 59.5% | 48.1% |
| Clark Moores Middle School Richmond | 558 | 56.6% | 53.7% |
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 Browning Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #165 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #162 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #181 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #146 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #74 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #59 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #92 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #155 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
443
-92 (-17%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,013
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 443 | 29.1 | 15.2:1 | 61% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 32.3 | 14.3:1 | 64% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 31.7 | 15.8:1 | 63% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 59% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 66% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 70% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 56% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 40% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 1,013 | 47 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Browning Springs Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (444 to 443); teachers up 8% (27 to 29.1).
About Browning Springs Middle School
Browning Springs Middle School is a small middle school in Madisonville, Kentucky. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 443 students enrolled. Middle schools in Kentucky have about 558 students on average; enrollment here is 21% lower.
Federal data list 14 schools in Hopkins County, with 6,265 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Browning Springs Middle School is White: 67%. Next come 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. The county population is about 87% White. The diversity index for Browning Springs Middle School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.2 students per teacher. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Of all students at Browning Springs Middle School, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Browning Springs Middle School outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Browning Springs Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Kentucky is predicted to score 42.5%. Browning Springs Middle School scores 33.1%, 9.4 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hopkins County show that median household income comes to about $56,815, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 6,896 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, West Broadway Elementary School, is the closest to Browning Springs Middle School. Browning Springs Middle School has 7 other public schools within five miles. The school's 33.1% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Browning Springs Middle School's location as Town: Distant.
The school's student count decreased 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.8 to 15.2 over 4 years.
Browning Springs Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hopkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,119
Census ACS
Median income
$56,815
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,896 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hopkins County
- Madisonville North Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 1,023 students
- Hopkins County Central High SchoolHigh · 861 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Hanson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Jesse Stuart Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- West Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
Other schools in Madisonville
- Madisonville North Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 1,023 students
- Hopkins County Central High SchoolHigh · 861 students
- Jesse Stuart Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- West Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- James Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Pride Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- West Broadway Elementary School0.5 mi · 486
- Hopkins County Day Treatment0.5 mi · 29
- Pride Elementary School0.8 mi · 404
- Grapevine Elementary School1.9 mi · 318
- James Madison Middle School2.0 mi · 466
- Jesse Stuart Elementary School2.2 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Browning Springs Middle SchoolHow large is Browning Springs Middle School?
Browning Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Browning Springs Middle School serve?
Browning Springs Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Browning Springs Middle School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Browning Springs Middle School.
How diverse is Browning Springs Middle School?
Browning Springs Middle School reports a student body of 67% White, 8% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Browning Springs Middle School?
Browning Springs Middle School is overseen by Hopkins County in Hopkins County.
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