Harrison County Middle School

Harrison County Middle School is one of the mid-sized junior highs in Cynthiana, Kentucky, run under Harrison County, with 617 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Harrison County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,982 students; Harrison County Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Harrison County Middle School reports that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at Harrison County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harrison County Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 31.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Harrison County put median household income runs about $66,442, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harrison County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,982 students), of which Harrison County Middle School is one.

Southside Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrison County Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 666 students in 2018 compared to 617 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 87% across the same window.

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