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Enrollment
710
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000357
Crawford Middle School
1813 Charleston Dr, Lexington, KY 40505 · (859) 381-3370 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Kentucky public middle schools
- CTest 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
12.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
470 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 261 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 30% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
44.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
31.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Crawford Middle School
Crawford Middle School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Middle School this school | 710 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
| Conway Middle Louisville | 678 | 67.8% | 12.1% |
| Carrithers Middle Louisville | 545 | 63.9% | 27.5% |
| Stuart Middle School Louisville | 1,166 | 72.6% | 14.6% |
| Farnsley Middle Louisville | 919 | 68.7% | 26.8% |
| Winburn Middle School Lexington | 768 | 65.4% | 28.3% |
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 Crawford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #157 of 216 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #166 of 216 | #10 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #120 of 217 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #55 of 221 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #12 of 210 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #7 of 210 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #60 of 219 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #31 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
710
-67 (-9%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 710 | 57.4 | 12.4:1 | 66% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 60.1 | 12.0:1 | 70% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 60.7 | 12.4:1 | 68% (513) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 57 | 13.6:1 | 81% (629) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 53.1 | 12.4:1 | 81% (535) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 42 | 11.1:1 | 85% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 38 | 11.8:1 | 83% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 66 | 11.1:1 | 57% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 55 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crawford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (660 to 710); teachers up 8% (53.1 to 57.4).
About Crawford Middle School
Crawford Middle School is a middle school in Lexington, Kentucky, reachable at (859) 381-3370. The latest federal count shows 710 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Kentucky is about 558 students, so this school is 27% larger than average.
Crawford Middle School is one of the 73 schools that make up Fayette County (42,138 students in total).
Black students form the largest group at Crawford Middle School, 37% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 25% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Fayette County's population at about 15%. Crawford Middle School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.4:1, with 57.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Kentucky, the typical ratio is 15.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Crawford Middle School is 66%. On average, public schools in Fayette County report 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Crawford Middle School is C. Compared with Kentucky public middle schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Crawford Middle School is 6.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.2%. Predicted: 40.5%.
Across Fayette County, median household income is about $69,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Fayette County number 81 and enroll about 42,142.
The school nearest to Crawford Middle School is Dixie Elementary Magnet School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of Crawford Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Crawford Middle School places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Crawford Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Crawford Middle School went from 777 students to 710. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.6:1 to 12.4:1.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
323,725
Census ACS
Median income
$69,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
42,142 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Nearby schools
- Dixie Elementary Magnet School0.4 mi · 584
- Frederick Douglass High School0.8 mi · 1,770
- Carter G. Woodson Academy0.9 mi · 316
- Deep Springs Elementary School1.1 mi · 521
- Yates Elementary School1.2 mi · 438
- Bryan Station Middle School1.6 mi · 744
Frequently asked questions
About Crawford Middle SchoolHow many students attend Crawford Middle School?
Crawford Middle School enrolls approximately 710 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Crawford Middle School serve?
Crawford Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Crawford Middle School have?
Crawford Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Crawford Middle School?
Student demographics at Crawford Middle School are roughly 25% White, 27% Hispanic, 37% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Crawford Middle School in?
Crawford Middle School is part of Fayette County.
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