Edmonson County Middle School

As an intimate middle school in Brownsville, Kentucky, Edmonson County Middle School instructs 256 students from grades 7 through 8, operated by Edmonson County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Edmonson County Middle School sits 54% below that benchmark.

Within Edmonson County, which oversees 5 schools and 1,854 students, Edmonson County Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edmonson County Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial. Compared to Edmonson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Edmonson County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Edmonson County) reports that median household income runs about $54,937, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Edmonson County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,854 students), of which Edmonson County Middle School is one.

Edmonson County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edmonson County Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Edmonson County Middle School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 256). Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Edmonson County Middle School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.