Camp Ernst Middle School

Camp Ernst Middle School operates as a moderately sized junior high in Burlington, Kentucky, overseen by Boone County. Current enrollment sits at 688 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Camp Ernst Middle School sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 27 schools in Boone County (20,514 students total), Camp Ernst Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Camp Ernst Middle School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Camp Ernst Middle School reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Camp Ernst Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,414, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Boone County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students), Camp Ernst Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stephens Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Camp Ernst Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Camp Ernst Middle School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 31%: 998 students in 2018 compared to 688 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 76% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Camp Ernst Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.