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Enrollment
1,002
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000391
Jessie M Clark Middle School
3341 Clays Mill Rd, Lexington, KY 40503 · (859) 381-3036 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Kentucky public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
350 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 341 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 353 | 35% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
65.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
58.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Jessie M Clark Middle School
Jessie M Clark Middle School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie M Clark Middle School this school | 1,002 | 34.9% | 57.5% |
| Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School Lexington | 1,125 | 31.5% | 65.2% |
| Echo Trail Middle School Louisville | 697 | 35.2% | 47.0% |
| Noe Middle Louisville | 1,155 | 42.8% | 60.8% |
| Beaumont Middle School Lexington | 743 | 33.9% | 51.2% |
| Crosby Middle Middletown | 809 | 42.0% | 46.9% |
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 Jessie M Clark Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #21 of 216 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #21 of 216 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #16 of 217 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,002 | #10 of 221 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #131 of 210 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #50 of 210 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #207 of 219 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #126 of 156 | #5 of 7 |
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
1,002
-121 (-11%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 844
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,002 | 60.6 | 16.5:1 | 35% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 985 | 65 | 15.2:1 | 37% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 1,044 | 69.2 | 15.1:1 | 34% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 1,123 | 72 | 15.6:1 | 40% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 1,061 | 68.5 | 15.5:1 | 38% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 941 | 61 | 15.4:1 | 36% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 884 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 29% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 24% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 844 | 52 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jessie M Clark Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,061 to 1,002); teachers down 12% (68.5 to 60.6).
About Jessie M Clark Middle School
Jessie M Clark Middle School is a large middle-grades school in Lexington, Kentucky. It serves 1,002 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average about 558 students.
The 73 schools in Fayette County enroll 42,138 students altogether, Jessie M Clark Middle School among them.
White students are the majority at Jessie M Clark Middle School, with 62% of enrollment. It is also 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Jessie M Clark Middle School's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Jessie M Clark Middle School's 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.5:1. That is higher than the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%. The 50% average for public schools in Fayette County is 15 points higher.
Jessie M Clark Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Kentucky public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Jessie M Clark Middle School would be expected to post about 52.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fayette County, the median household income is $69,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 81 public schools in Fayette County, enrolling about 42,142 students in all.
The shortest distance from Jessie M Clark Middle School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Stonewall Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Jessie M Clark Middle School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,002, an 11% decrease from 1,123 in 2020-21.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
323,725
Census ACS
Median income
$69,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
42,142 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Nearby schools
- Stonewall Elementary School0.4 mi · 674
- Wellington Elementary0.5 mi · 608
- Clays Mill Elementary School1.4 mi · 527
- Garden Springs Elementary School1.9 mi · 418
- Rosa Parks Elementary School2.0 mi · 681
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High School2.0 mi · 1,828
Frequently asked questions
About Jessie M Clark Middle SchoolHow many students attend Jessie M Clark Middle School?
Jessie M Clark Middle School enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades 06-08.
Is Jessie M Clark Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jessie M Clark Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jessie M Clark Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jessie M Clark Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jessie M Clark Middle School?
Student demographics at Jessie M Clark Middle School are roughly 62% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Jessie M Clark Middle School in?
Jessie M Clark Middle School is part of Fayette County.
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