Enrollment
131
Middle
DISTRICT 161 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LETCHER COUNTY·NCES 210336000894
Fleming Neon Middle School
50 Second Street, Neon, KY 41840 · (606) 855-9042 · Letcher County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL131 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Kentucky public middle schools
- B+Test 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
14.7:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
76 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 31% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fleming Neon Middle School→Letcher County Central High School
Based on grade levels within Letcher County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
52.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
43.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Fleming Neon Middle School
Fleming Neon Middle School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming Neon Middle School this school | 131 | 58.0% | 48.1% |
| Williamstown Jr. High Williamstown | 172 | 59.3% | 27.7% |
| Carlisle County Middle School Bardwell | 159 | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| Whitesburg Middle School Whitesburg | 191 | 64.9% | 43.2% |
| Ballard County Middle School Barlow | 202 | 50.5% | 58.3% |
| Bracken County Middle School Brooksville | 266 | 58.3% | 44.2% |
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 Fleming Neon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #53 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #93 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #67 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 131 | #217 of 221 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #116 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #8 of 156 |
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
131
-70 (-35%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
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 | 131 | 8.9 | 14.7:1 | 58% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 137 | 9.9 | 13.8:1 | 60% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 13.1 | 12.8:1 | 59% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 11 | 18.3:1 | 75% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 14.1 | 14.3:1 | 67% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 199 | 11 | 18.1:1 | 69% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 17 | 12.2:1 | 79% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 74% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fleming Neon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (202 to 131); teachers down 37% (14.1 to 8.9).
About Fleming Neon Middle School
Fleming Neon Middle School is the name of a very small middle-grades school in Neon, Kentucky. It has an enrollment of 131 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Kentucky, the average enrollment is about 558.
Fleming Neon Middle School belongs to Letcher County, a district of 9 schools and 2,429 students.
White students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 2% multiracial. Among Letcher County residents, the White share is about 97%. A diversity index of 6% means there is a 6% chance two randomly chosen students at Fleming Neon Middle School are from different groups.
Fleming Neon Middle School has 8.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Kentucky is 15.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 58% at Fleming Neon Middle School. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Letcher County is 12 points.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Fleming Neon Middle School outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Fleming Neon Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Kentucky is predicted to score 43.5%. Fleming Neon Middle School scores 48.1%, 4.6 points above that line.
In Letcher County, home to about 20,808 people, median household income comes to about $41,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Letcher County's 11 public schools enroll about 2,882 students and include Fleming Neon Middle School.
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is the nearest public school to Fleming Neon Middle School, about 2.9 miles away. Fleming Neon Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Fleming Neon Middle School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Fleming Neon Middle School had a net loss of 70 students, or 35%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.7 students per teacher, compared with 18.3 in 2020-21.
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Letcher County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,808
Census ACS
Median income
$41,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,882 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Letcher County
- Letcher County Central High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- West Whitesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Letcher Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Cowan Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Whitesburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 191 students
Nearby schools
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary School2.9 mi · 273
- Jenkins Independent School4.3 mi · 453
- Letcher County Central High School6.6 mi · 692
- Letcher County Alternative Education Ctr7.5 mi · 2
- J.W. Adams Combined8.4 mi · 523
- West Whitesburg Elementary School8.5 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Fleming Neon Middle SchoolHow large is Fleming Neon Middle School?
Fleming Neon Middle School enrolls approximately 131 students in grades 06-08.
Is Fleming Neon Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fleming Neon Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Fleming Neon Middle School have?
Fleming Neon Middle School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Fleming Neon Middle School?
Student demographics at Fleming Neon Middle School are roughly 97% White, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Fleming Neon Middle School in?
Fleming Neon Middle School is part of Letcher County.
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