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Which teacher or staff member at Bullitt Lick Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
423
Middle
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BULLITT COUNTY·NCES 210075001410
Bullitt Lick Middle School
555 W Blue Lick Rd, Shepherdsville, KY 40165 · (502) 869-5400 · Bullitt County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Kentucky public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
287 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 162 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 131 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 31% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
26.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
21.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bullitt Lick Middle School
Bullitt Lick Middle School's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullitt Lick Middle School this school | 423 | 67.8% | 22.8% |
| Monroe Co Middle Tompkinsville | 399 | 69.7% | 37.5% |
| Reidland Middle School Paducah | 350 | 68.3% | 42.0% |
| Powell County Middle School Stanton | 418 | 66.3% | 22.1% |
| Meece Middle School Somerset | 486 | 66.3% | 43.3% |
| Adair County Middle School Columbia | 559 | 66.2% | 42.1% |
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 Bullitt Lick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Bullitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #204 of 216 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #201 of 216 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #208 of 217 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #153 of 221 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #69 of 210 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #112 of 210 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #48 of 219 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #50 of 156 | N/A |
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
423
-126 (-23%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 423 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 68% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 67% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 26.2 | 17.6:1 | 67% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 63% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 33.3 | 15.6:1 | 65% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 61% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 68% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 49% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 28 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bullitt Lick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (519 to 423); teachers down 16% (33.3 to 28).
About Bullitt Lick Middle School
Bullitt Lick Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Enrollment stands at 423 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 24% below the 558-student average for middle schools in Kentucky.
Bullitt County is responsible for 24 schools, Bullitt Lick Middle School included, with 13,007 students in all.
The share of White students at Bullitt Lick Middle School is 83%. Next come 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The diversity index for Bullitt Lick Middle School is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 15.1:1 is based on 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 68%. On average, public schools in Bullitt County report 50%.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Bullitt Lick Middle School outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Bullitt Lick Middle School is a bottom-10% school in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.8% against a predicted 39.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bullitt County show that median household income comes to about $80,558, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 26, with about 13,007 students.
Bullitt Lick Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Shepherdsville Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bullitt Lick Middle School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Bullitt Lick Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 549 students in 2020-21 to 423 in 2024-25.
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Bullitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,027
Census ACS
Median income
$80,558
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,007 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bullitt County
- Bullitt East High SchoolHigh · 1,664 students
- Bullitt Central High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- North Bullitt High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Eastside Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
Other schools in Shepherdsville
- Bullitt Central High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- North Bullitt High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
- Hebron Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Shepherdsville ElementaryElementary · 538 students
- Cedar Grove ElementaryElementary · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Shepherdsville Elementary0.1 mi · 538
- Roby Elementary School1.0 mi · 434
- Bullitt Alternative Center1.2 mi · 34
- Bullitt Central High School1.2 mi · 1,293
- Cedar Grove Elementary2.5 mi · 441
- Freedom Elementary School4.3 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Bullitt Lick Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bullitt Lick Middle School?
Bullitt Lick Middle School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bullitt Lick Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bullitt Lick Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bullitt Lick Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bullitt Lick Middle School is approximately 15.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bullitt Lick Middle School?
Bullitt Lick Middle School reports a student body of 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Bullitt Lick Middle School in?
Bullitt Lick Middle School is part of Bullitt County.
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