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Which teacher or staff member at Bryan Station Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
744
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000358
Bryan Station Middle School
1865 Wickland Dr, Lexington, KY 40505 · (859) 381-3288 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Kentucky public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
435 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
6
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 | 271 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 234 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
43.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
35.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Bryan Station Middle School
Bryan Station Middle School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Station Middle School this school | 744 | 58.5% | 36.1% |
| Rector A. Jones Middle School Florence | 683 | 64.3% | 28.3% |
| Mayfield Middle School Mayfield | 559 | 67.6% | 42.6% |
| Leestown Middle School Lexington | 1,084 | 52.6% | 46.0% |
| Winburn Middle School Lexington | 768 | 65.4% | 28.3% |
| Knight Middle Louisville | 757 | 71.9% | 19.1% |
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 Bryan Station Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #143 of 216 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #142 of 216 | #9 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #131 of 217 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #48 of 221 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #24 of 210 | #5 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #27 of 210 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #113 of 219 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #143 of 156 | #7 of 7 |
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
744
-49 (-6%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 744 | 55.4 | 13.4:1 | 58% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 51.2 | 14.1:1 | 56% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 815 | 51.5 | 15.8:1 | 56% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 793 | 54 | 14.7:1 | 63% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 57.1 | 13.4:1 | 57% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 50% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 53% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 36% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 613 | 42 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryan Station Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (766 to 744); teachers down 3% (57.1 to 55.4).
About Bryan Station Middle School
Bryan Station Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with an address in Lexington, Kentucky. It teaches 744 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Kentucky enroll about 558 students on average.
Within Fayette County, Bryan Station Middle School is one of 73 schools. The district enrolls 42,138 students.
Hispanic students make up 42% of enrollment at Bryan Station Middle School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 34% White, 18% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Fayette County's population at about 10%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Based on 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bryan Station Middle School has a ratio of 13.4:1. The average for middle schools in Kentucky, 15.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Bryan Station Middle School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Kentucky public middle schools.
Bryan Station Middle School is 7.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.1% versus 43.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kentucky.
For the population of Fayette County, the median household earns about $69,479 a year, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Fayette County, 81 public schools serve about 42,142 students.
Bryan Station High School is about 0.2 miles from Bryan Station Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bryan Station Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 744, down from 793 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.4 students per teacher, compared with 14.7 in 2020-21.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
323,725
Census ACS
Median income
$69,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
42,142 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Nearby schools
- Bryan Station High School0.2 mi · 2,030
- Deep Springs Elementary School0.5 mi · 521
- Northern Elementary School0.6 mi · 424
- Mary Todd Elementary School1.1 mi · 405
- Yates Elementary School1.2 mi · 438
- Dixie Elementary Magnet School1.2 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Bryan Station Middle SchoolHow large is Bryan Station Middle School?
Bryan Station Middle School enrolls approximately 744 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bryan Station Middle School serve?
Bryan Station Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bryan Station Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bryan Station Middle School is approximately 13.4:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bryan Station Middle School?
At Bryan Station Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 42% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bryan Station Middle School in?
Bryan Station Middle School is part of Fayette County.
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