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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARDIN COUNTY·NCES 210249000518
James T Alton Middle School
100 Country Club Rd, Vine Grove, KY 40175 · (270) 877-2135 · Hardin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Kentucky public middle schools
- CTest 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
16.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
325 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
6
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 | 205 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 35% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
41.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
33.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 T Alton Middle School
James T Alton Middle School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James T Alton Middle School this school | 612 | 53.1% | 35.7% |
| Bardstown Middle School Bardstown | 591 | 52.5% | 39.3% |
| Bluegrass Middle School Elizabethtown | 583 | 55.7% | 36.6% |
| Highland Middle Louisville | 639 | 56.0% | 36.3% |
| Georgetown Middle School Georgetown | 555 | 55.1% | 39.3% |
| Henderson County North Middle School Henderson | 670 | 55.4% | 42.2% |
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 T Alton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Hardin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #146 of 216 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #154 of 216 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #153 of 217 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #89 of 221 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #122 of 210 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #43 of 210 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #153 of 219 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #119 of 156 | N/A |
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
612
-135 (-18%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 612 | 37.5 | 16.3:1 | 53% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 38.7 | 15.7:1 | 51% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 38.3 | 17.4:1 | 46% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 747 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 46% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 35.8 | 18.3:1 | 54% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 55% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 41% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 36% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 33 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James T Alton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (654 to 612); teachers up 5% (35.8 to 37.5).
About James T Alton Middle School
James T Alton Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school based in Vine Grove, Kentucky. There are 612 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Hardin County oversees James T Alton Middle School and 25 other schools, with 14,583 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show James T Alton Middle School is 58% White. Other groups make up 15% Black, 13% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. Hardin County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at James T Alton Middle School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 37.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.3:1. The average for middle schools in Kentucky is about 15.8:1. Roughly 53% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 51% average for public schools in Hardin County.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, James T Alton Middle School outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, James T Alton Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools: 35.7% actual against 45.3% predicted.
In the wider Hardin County area, the median household earns about $67,647 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. James T Alton Middle School shares Hardin County with 33 other public schools.
Vine Grove Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from James T Alton Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, James T Alton Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes James T Alton Middle School as Suburb: Small.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 18%. The school's ratio dropped from 18.7:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hardin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,942
Census ACS
Median income
$67,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
17,037 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hardin County
- Central Hardin High SchoolHigh · 1,831 students
- North Hardin High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- John Hardin High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- East Hardin Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Lincoln Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
- G C Burkhead Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
Nearby schools
- Vine Grove Elementary School0.1 mi · 493
- North Middle School2.2 mi · 567
- Meadow View Elementary School2.3 mi · 514
- North Hardin High School2.5 mi · 1,593
- North Park Elementary School2.7 mi · 604
- Woodland Elementary School3.2 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About James T Alton Middle SchoolHow many students attend James T Alton Middle School?
James T Alton Middle School enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 06-08.
Is James T Alton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James T Alton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does James T Alton Middle School have?
James T Alton Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is James T Alton Middle School?
James T Alton Middle School reports a student body of 58% White, 11% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is James T Alton Middle School public or private?
James T Alton Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hardin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.