Graves County Middle School

Graves County Middle School operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Mayfield, Kentucky, overseen by Graves County. Current enrollment sits at 556 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Graves County runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,906 students. Graves County Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Graves County Middle School logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Graves County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Graves County Middle School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Graves County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Graves County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Graves County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of +2.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Graves County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,772 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Graves County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,969 students), of which Graves County Middle School is one.

Graves County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Graves County Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

Graves County Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Graves County Middle School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 589 (now 556). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 89% to 84%.

On allk12, members of the Graves County Middle School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.