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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Casey County Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
497
Middle
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CASEY COUNTY·NCES 210105001579
Casey County Middle School
1673 E Ky 70, Liberty, KY 42539 · (606) 787-6942 · Casey County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- 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
14.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
363 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 185 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 30% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Casey County Middle School→Casey County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Casey County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
26.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Casey County Middle School
Casey County Middle School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey County Middle School this school | 497 | 73.0% | 28.7% |
| Wayne County Middle School Monticello | 646 | 74.8% | 29.6% |
| Monroe Co Middle Tompkinsville | 399 | 69.7% | 37.5% |
| Clinton County Middle School Albany | 383 | 76.5% | 31.1% |
| Lincoln County Middle School Stanford | 697 | 75.5% | 33.8% |
| Bullitt Lick Middle School Shepherdsville | 423 | 67.8% | 22.8% |
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 Casey County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #183 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #191 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #185 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #131 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #42 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #139 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #25 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.9% | #4 of 49 |
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
497
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 497 | 34.8 | 14.3:1 | 73% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 33.3 | 14.6:1 | 68% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 68% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 74% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 70% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 69% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 72% (236) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 59% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 425 | 28 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Casey County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 54% (323 to 497); teachers up 65% (21 to 34.8).
About Casey County Middle School
Casey County Middle School is a mid-sized middle school based in Liberty, Kentucky. There are 497 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Across its 5 schools, Casey County enrolls 2,179 students. Casey County Middle School is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Casey County Middle School is White, at 87%. It is also 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
Casey County Middle School has 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.3:1. Middle schools in Kentucky have an average ratio of 15.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 73%. Public schools in Casey County average a similar 72%.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Casey County Middle School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.9% for Casey County Middle School. The school posts 28.7%, 9.2 points below the prediction.
In Casey County, the median household earns about $45,510 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. Across Casey County, 6 public schools serve about 2,179 students.
Casey County High School is the nearest public school to Casey County Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 28.7% is below the 44.3% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Casey County Middle School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 30 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.0 to 14.3 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Casey County Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Casey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,914
Census ACS
Median income
$45,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,179 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Casey County
- Casey County High SchoolHigh · 630 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Jones Park ElementaryElementary · 312 students
Other schools in Liberty
- Casey County High SchoolHigh · 630 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Jones Park ElementaryElementary · 312 students
- Casey County Area Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Casey County High School0.2 mi · 630
- Liberty Elementary School1.6 mi · 369
- Jones Park Elementary4.0 mi · 312
- Walnut Hill Elementary School4.2 mi · 371
- Hustonville Elementary School11.3 mi · 439
- Waynesburg Elementary School13.3 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Casey County Middle SchoolHow many students attend Casey County Middle School?
Casey County Middle School enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Casey County Middle School serve?
Casey County Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Casey County Middle School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Casey County Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Casey County Middle School?
Student demographics at Casey County Middle School are roughly 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Casey County Middle School public or private?
Casey County Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Casey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.