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What tradition at Foley Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
429
Middle
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 210372000953
Foley Middle School
275 Glades Rd, Berea, KY 40403 · (859) 625-6140 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Kentucky public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
245 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 138 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 33% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
57.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
44.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Foley Middle School
Foley Middle School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foley Middle School this school | 429 | 57.1% | 50.0% |
| Phillip Sharp Middle School Butler | 420 | 56.2% | 30.2% |
| Johnson County Middle School Paintsville | 449 | 58.8% | 46.9% |
| James E Bazzell Middle School Scottsville | 448 | 55.6% | 32.8% |
| Maurice Bowling Middle School Owenton | 475 | 55.8% | 23.4% |
| Simons Middle School Flemingsburg | 342 | 57.0% | 36.4% |
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 Foley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #48 of 216 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #80 of 216 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #45 of 217 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #151 of 221 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #171 of 210 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #175 of 210 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #120 of 219 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #104 of 156 | 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
429
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 429 | 24.3 | 17.6:1 | 57% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 28.3 | 15.1:1 | 55% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 28.3 | 15.7:1 | 59% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 56% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 29.3 | 15.9:1 | 56% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 56% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 50% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 40% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 24 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (468 to 429); teachers down 17% (29.3 to 24.3).
About Foley Middle School
Families in Berea, Kentucky, are served by Foley Middle School, a small middle-grades school. It enrolled 429 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Kentucky average about 558 students each.
The district, Madison County, has 11,132 students enrolled across 20 schools.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at Foley Middle School. Next come 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The White share in Madison County as a whole is similar, at about 89%. Foley Middle School's diversity index is 15%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 17.6 students per teacher and 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 57%. For comparison, public schools in Madison County average 55%.
Foley Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Kentucky public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Foley Middle School is 6.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools.
Among Madison County residents, the median household income is $63,351, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Foley Middle School is one of 27 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Madison Southern High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Foley Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 7. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.3%; Foley Middle School's is 50.0%, ranking 4th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
2024-25 enrollment was 429, a 7% decrease from 459 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Foley Middle School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,769
Census ACS
Median income
$63,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Madison Southern High SchoolHigh · 1,224 students
- Kirksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- Clark Moores Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
Other schools in Berea
- Madison Southern High SchoolHigh · 1,224 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Silver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Shannon Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Farristown Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Berea Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
Other Foley Middle schools
One other US public school is named Foley Middle. Foley Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Foley Middle SchoolFoley, AL · 823 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Southern High School0.1 mi · 1,224
- Shannon Johnson Elementary School0.2 mi · 473
- Berea Community Elementary School0.7 mi · 448
- Berea Community High School0.7 mi · 309
- Berea Community Middle School0.7 mi · 214
- Silver Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Foley Middle SchoolHow large is Foley Middle School?
Foley Middle School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Foley Middle School serve?
Foley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Foley Middle School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Foley Middle School.
How diverse is Foley Middle School?
Foley Middle School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Foley Middle School?
Foley Middle School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
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