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Enrollment
837
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAYSON COUNTY·NCES 210230000487
Grayson County Middle School
726 John Hill Taylor Dr, Leitchfield, KY 42754 · (270) 259-4175 · Grayson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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
15.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
489 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 304 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 256 | 31% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
61.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
53.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Grayson County Middle School
Grayson County Middle School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson County Middle School this school | 837 | 58.4% | 53.2% |
| Muhlenberg County Middle School Greenville | 871 | 60.3% | 33.9% |
| Northern Middle School Somerset | 797 | 59.1% | 51.4% |
| McNabb Middle School Mount Sterling | 928 | 55.9% | 44.2% |
| Rowan County Middle School Morehead | 695 | 61.9% | 40.2% |
| Corbin Middle School Corbin | 675 | 55.4% | 64.8% |
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 Grayson County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #36 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #41 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #33 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #27 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #81 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #185 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #114 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #74 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
837
-111 (-12%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 837 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 58% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 818 | 55.9 | 14.6:1 | 62% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 60 | 14.0:1 | 63% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 948 | 58 | 16.3:1 | 61% (576) |
| 2017-18 | 974 | 60 | 16.2:1 | 69% (675) |
| 2015-16 | 1,003 | 61 | 16.4:1 | 67% (675) |
| 2010-11 | 926 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 69% (637) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 65 | 14.0:1 | 49% (447) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 36 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grayson County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (974 to 837); teachers down 10% (60 to 54).
About Grayson County Middle School
Grayson County Middle School is a large middle school in Leitchfield, Kentucky, administered by Grayson County. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 837 students. That is 50% above the average of about 558 students for middle schools in Kentucky.
Grayson County Middle School falls under Grayson County, which has 7 schools enrolling 4,030 students.
By race and ethnicity, Grayson County Middle School is 93% White. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Grayson County overall, the White share is about 95%. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Grayson County Middle School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Grayson County Middle School, there are about 15.5 students; the school has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. There are 489 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 58% of enrollment.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Grayson County Middle School outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Grayson County Middle School would score about 43.3%. It scores 53.2%, 9.9 points above that figure.
In Grayson County, home to about 26,707 people, the median household earns about $50,757 a year, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Grayson County number 9, with about 4,030 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Grayson County Middle School from the closest public school, H W Wilkey Elementary School. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Grayson County Middle School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Grayson County Middle School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased by 12% across 4 years, from 948 in 2020-21 to 837 in 2024-25.
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Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,707
Census ACS
Median income
$50,757
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,030 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grayson County
- Grayson County High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- Clarkson Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
- H W Wilkey Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Oran P Lawler Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Caneyville Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Grayson Co. Alternative EducationHigh · 19 students
Other schools in Leitchfield
- Grayson County High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- H W Wilkey Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Oran P Lawler Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Grayson Co. Alternative EducationHigh · 19 students
- Grayson County Area Vocational Ed CenterHigh
- Grayson County Schools Preschool CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- H W Wilkey Elementary School0.1 mi · 504
- Grayson Co. Alternative Education3.3 mi · 19
- Grayson County High School3.3 mi · 1,180
- Oran P Lawler Elementary School3.4 mi · 470
- Clarkson Elementary School3.6 mi · 642
- Ben Johnson Elementary School9.6 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Grayson County Middle SchoolHow many students attend Grayson County Middle School?
Grayson County Middle School enrolls approximately 837 students in grades 06-08.
Is Grayson County Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grayson County Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grayson County Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grayson County Middle School is approximately 15.5:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Grayson County Middle School?
Grayson County Middle School reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Grayson County Middle School public or private?
Grayson County Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grayson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.