Farristown Middle School

Farristown Middle School is one of the modestly sized junior highs in Berea, Kentucky, operated by Madison County, with 463 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Madison County comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 11,132 students; Farristown Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Farristown Middle School records that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Madison County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Farristown Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 61.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Madison County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,351 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Farristown Middle School is one of 27 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 12,103 students).

Shannon Johnson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Farristown Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Farristown Middle School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Farristown Middle School has edged down 3%, going from 479 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025.

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