Enrollment
311
Middle
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLOYD COUNTY·NCES 210195001670
James D. Adams Middle School
2520 S Lake Dr, Prestonsburg, KY 41653 · (606) 886-2671 · Floyd County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
217 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 122 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 32% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Floyd County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
25.7%
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 26 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 James D. Adams Middle School
James D. Adams Middle School's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James D. Adams Middle School this school | 311 | 69.8% | 29.1% |
| Lewis County Middle School Vanceburg | 290 | 69.7% | 34.9% |
| Clay County Middle School Manchester | 387 | 69.5% | 41.1% |
| Martin County Middle School Warfield | 262 | 70.6% | 36.3% |
| Herald Whitaker Middle School Salyersville | 260 | 68.1% | 27.0% |
| Jackson County Middle School McKee | 369 | 72.9% | 28.9% |
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 James D. Adams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #180 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #192 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #169 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #183 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #85 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.5% | #192 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #36 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #107 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
311
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 311 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 70% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 79% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 19 | 16.4:1 | 71% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 18 | 18.3:1 | 69% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 18 | 18.8:1 | 59% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 63% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 17 | 20.2:1 | 66% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 70% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 30 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James D. Adams Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (338 to 311); teachers up 11% (18 to 20).
About James D. Adams Middle School
Prestonsburg, Kentucky, is home to James D. Adams Middle School, a small middle school. There are 311 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Kentucky, the average enrollment is about 558.
District-wide, Floyd County has 14 schools and 5,347 students.
James D. Adams Middle School is 95% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Floyd County, where about 96% of residents are White. The diversity index for James D. Adams Middle School is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at James D. Adams Middle School is 15.6:1, based on 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Lunch program data show 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Floyd County is 79%.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, James D. Adams Middle School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 39.1% for a school in Kentucky with James D. Adams Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. James D. Adams Middle School posts 29.1%.
Census data for Floyd County show the median household earns about $41,279 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 22% of people live in poverty. Counting James D. Adams Middle School, Floyd County has 15 public schools.
James D. Adams Middle School is about 1.7 miles from HOME INSTRUCTION H.S., its nearest public school. James D. Adams Middle School has 5 other public schools within five miles. James D. Adams Middle School ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.1% against a local average of 43.3%.
James D. Adams Middle School falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school shrank from 330 students in 2020-21 to 311 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.3:1 to 15.6:1.
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Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,224
Census ACS
Median income
$41,279
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,347 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Floyd County
- Betsy Layne Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- South Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Prestonsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Floyd Central High SchoolHigh · 534 students
- May Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Prestonsburg High SchoolHigh · 508 students
Other schools in Prestonsburg
- Prestonsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Prestonsburg High SchoolHigh · 508 students
Nearby schools
- HOME INSTRUCTION H.S.1.7 mi · 12
- HOME INSTRUCTION ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 7
- Prestonsburg High School2.1 mi · 508
- Allen Elementary School3.1 mi · 462
- Prestonsburg Elementary School4.4 mi · 574
- Porter Elementary School6.2 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About James D. Adams Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at James D. Adams Middle School?
James D. Adams Middle School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does James D. Adams Middle School serve?
James D. Adams Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James D. Adams Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James D. Adams Middle School is approximately 15.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at James D. Adams Middle School?
At James D. Adams Middle School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is James D. Adams Middle School in?
James D. Adams Middle School is part of Floyd County.
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