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What's something Clark Moores Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
558
Middle
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 210372000944
Clark Moores Middle School
1143 Berea Rd, Richmond, KY 40475 · (859) 624-4545 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 87% of Kentucky public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
316 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 187 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 36% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
64.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
53.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Clark Moores Middle School
Clark Moores Middle School's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Moores Middle School this school | 558 | 56.6% | 53.7% |
| Bondurant Middle School Frankfort | 600 | 55.2% | 32.1% |
| Madison Middle School Richmond | 586 | 53.9% | 47.9% |
| Henderson County North Middle School Henderson | 670 | 55.4% | 42.2% |
| West Hardin Middle School Cecilia | 476 | 55.7% | 43.9% |
| Calloway County Middle School Murray | 607 | 57.2% | 52.3% |
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 Clark Moores Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #34 of 216 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #45 of 216 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #19 of 217 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #110 of 221 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #134 of 210 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #83 of 210 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #128 of 219 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #33 of 49 | 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
558
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 833
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 558 | 33.6 | 16.6:1 | 57% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 36.5 | 15.1:1 | 61% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 60% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 58% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 33.1 | 15.8:1 | 61% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 58% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 54% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 48% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 833 | 42 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Moores Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (524 to 558); teachers up 1% (33.1 to 33.6).
About Clark Moores Middle School
Clark Moores Middle School is a medium-sized middle school located in Richmond, Kentucky. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 558 students.
The district for Clark Moores Middle School is Madison County, with 20 schools and 11,132 students.
A majority of students at Clark Moores Middle School, 76%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Madison County, the White share is about 89%. The chance that two students picked at random at Clark Moores Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
At Clark Moores Middle School, 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. Roughly 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Madison County, the average is about the same, 55%.
Measured against Kentucky public middle schools, Clark Moores Middle School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Clark Moores Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools: 53.7% actual against 44.0% predicted.
Clark Moores Middle School is located in Madison County, where median household income is about $63,351, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 27 public schools in Madison County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,103.
Madison Kindergarten Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Clark Moores Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Clark Moores Middle School went from 575 students to 558.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,769
Census ACS
Median income
$63,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Madison Southern High SchoolHigh · 1,224 students
- Kirksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- B. Michael Caudill Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Kirksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- B. Michael Caudill Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Glenn R Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Daniel Boone Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Kindergarten Academy1.0 mi · 403
- Madison Middle School1.7 mi · 586
- Madison Central High School2.1 mi · 2,107
- Daniel Boone Elementary School2.3 mi · 469
- Bellevue Transitional School2.5 mi · 11
- Madison County Day Treatment2.5 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Moores Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clark Moores Middle School?
Clark Moores Middle School enrolls approximately 558 students in grades 06-08.
Is Clark Moores Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clark Moores Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Clark Moores Middle School have?
Clark Moores Middle School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
How diverse is Clark Moores Middle School?
Clark Moores Middle School reports a student body of 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Clark Moores Middle School public or private?
Clark Moores Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.