Caldwell County Middle School

Caldwell County Middle School operates as a small middle-grades school in Princeton, Kentucky, operated by Caldwell County. Current enrollment sits at 400 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 558.

Across the 4 schools in Caldwell County (1,879 students total), Caldwell County Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Caldwell County Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). The remainder looks like 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Caldwell County Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 64% of students at Caldwell County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Caldwell County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Caldwell County) records that median household earnings sit near $59,583, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Caldwell County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,879 students), of which Caldwell County Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Caldwell County High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Caldwell County Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.1%.

Caldwell County Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Caldwell County Middle School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 400). White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Caldwell County Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.