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Which teacher or staff member at Drakes Creek Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
704
Middle
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN COUNTY·NCES 210573001603
Drakes Creek Middle School
704 Cypress Wood, Bowling Green, KY 42104 · (270) 843-0165 · Warren County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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.
- A+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
16.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
424 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 7 | 339 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 365 | 52% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
65.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
62.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 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 Drakes Creek Middle School
Drakes Creek Middle School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drakes Creek Middle School this school | 704 | 60.2% | 60.0% |
| South Warren Middle School Bowling Green | 805 | 45.6% | 60.2% |
| F T Burns Middle School Owensboro | 757 | 64.3% | 43.5% |
| Tates Creek Middle School Lexington | 767 | 57.0% | 37.4% |
| Noe Middle Louisville | 1,155 | 42.8% | 60.8% |
| Crosby Middle Middletown | 809 | 42.0% | 46.9% |
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 Drakes Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #16 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #12 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #15 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #56 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #108 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #46 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #100 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #29 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
704
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 704 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 60% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 56% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 41.3 | 17.6:1 | 54% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 40 | 18.3:1 | 50% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 37.8 | 17.2:1 | 46% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 46% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 35% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 16% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 26 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Drakes Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (652 to 704); teachers up 16% (37.8 to 44).
About Drakes Creek Middle School
Drakes Creek Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school teaches grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 704 students. That puts enrollment 26% larger than the 558-student average for middle schools in Kentucky.
Drakes Creek Middle School is a school in Warren County. The district has 30 schools and 18,559 students.
About 59% of the student body at Drakes Creek Middle School is White. Other students are 17% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Warren County residents are about 76% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Drakes Creek Middle School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. The school has 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Warren County average a similar 61%.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Drakes Creek Middle School outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
In Kentucky, Drakes Creek Middle School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.0% compared with a predicted 42.7%.
For Warren County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $65,794 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Drakes Creek Middle School, Warren County has 45 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Greenwood High School, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Drakes Creek Middle School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 704, compared with 733 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.0:1.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,918
Census ACS
Median income
$65,794
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
23,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warren County
- South Warren High SchoolHigh · 1,548 students
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 1,070 students
- Rich Pond ElementaryElementary · 990 students
- Warren East High SchoolHigh · 967 students
- Lost River ElementaryElementary · 856 students
Other schools in Bowling Green
- South Warren High SchoolHigh · 1,548 students
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Bowling Green High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 1,070 students
- Bowling Green Junior HighMiddle · 1,042 students
- Rich Pond ElementaryElementary · 990 students
Nearby schools
- Greenwood High School0.2 mi · 1,451
- William H. Natcher Elementary2.0 mi · 713
- Plano Elementary2.7 mi · 750
- Jody Richards Elementary2.7 mi · 754
- Cumberland Trace Elementary2.8 mi · 699
- Bowling Green High School3.0 mi · 1,377
Frequently asked questions
About Drakes Creek Middle SchoolHow many students attend Drakes Creek Middle School?
Drakes Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Drakes Creek Middle School serve?
Drakes Creek Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Drakes Creek Middle School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Drakes Creek Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Drakes Creek Middle School?
At Drakes Creek Middle School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Drakes Creek Middle School public or private?
Drakes Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Warren County.
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