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Fulton County Middle School

2750 Moscow Ave, Hickman, KY 42050 · (270) 236-2070 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL123 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Kentucky public middle schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+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

Enrollment
123
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 558
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
88 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 64637%
Grade 73831%
Grade 83932%
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
7359%
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
54%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
3024%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Two+
1411%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
6855%
Female
5545%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Fulton County Middle School→Fulton County High School
Feeds from
Fulton County ElementaryPK–05
Based on grade levels within Fulton County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
38.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
32.0%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Fulton County Middle School

Fulton County Middle School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Fulton County Middle School this school12371.5%32.9%
Caverna Middle School
Horse Cave
11567.8%31.8%
Russellville Middle School
Russellville
21673.1%31.3%
Paris Middle School
Paris
18075.6%28.3%
Washington County Middle School
Springfield
21463.6%42.4%
Berea Community Middle School
Berea
21465.9%40.1%
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 Fulton County Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kentucky
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
32.9%#166 of 216
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
32.0%#161 of 216
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
38.0%#166 of 217
Enrollment
ranked largest first
123#218 of 221
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
71.5%#31 of 219
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 2024-25
Enrollment
123
-55 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25123717.6:172% (88)
2023-24131914.6:176% (99)
2022-23134719.1:175% (100)
2020-21178919.8:163% (113)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fulton County Middle School.

About Fulton County Middle School

Fulton County Middle School is a very small middle school in Kentucky, with an address in Hickman. There are 123 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Kentucky enroll around 558, and this school is 78% below that mark.

Fulton County runs 3 schools with a combined 611 students. Fulton County Middle School is one of them.

About 59% of the student body at Fulton County Middle School is White. Other groups make up 24% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 69% of Fulton County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.

The school has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.6 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. Of all students at Fulton County Middle School, 72% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Fulton County is close, at 72%.

Fulton County Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Kentucky public middle schools.

The model predicts 38.5% for a school in Kentucky with Fulton County Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Fulton County Middle School posts 32.9%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Fulton County show that median household income comes to about $38,217, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Fulton County counts 5 public schools with about 904 students.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Fulton County Elementary, is the closest to Fulton County Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 37.3% proficiency; Fulton County Middle School posts 32.9%.

Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 31%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.8:1 in 2020-21, and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.

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Fulton County at a glance

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Population
6,409
Census ACS
Median income
$38,217
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
904 students

Quick facts

School name
Fulton County Middle School
District
Fulton County
Address
2750 Moscow Ave, Hickman, KY 42050
Phone
(270) 236-2070
County
Fulton County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
123
Teachers (FTE)
7
Student–teacher ratio
17.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
88 (72%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
210210002480
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Fulton County
Other schools in Hickman
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Fulton County Middle School
How many students attend Fulton County Middle School?
Fulton County Middle School enrolls approximately 123 students in grades 06-08.
Is Fulton County Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fulton County Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fulton County Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fulton County Middle School is approximately 17.6:1 (7 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fulton County Middle School?
Fulton County Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 4% Hispanic, 24% Black, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Fulton County Middle School?
Fulton County Middle School is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
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