Johnson County Middle School

Johnson County Middle School is a compact intermediate school in Paintsville, Kentucky, overseen by Johnson County. The school instructs 449 students in grades 7 through 8.

Johnson County Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by Johnson County, a district that serves 3,292 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Johnson County Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest is composed of 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Johnson County Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Johnson County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Johnson County Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 46.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household income runs about $44,904, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,044 students), of which Johnson County Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Johnson County Eagle Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Johnson County Middle School. On composite proficiency, Johnson County Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Johnson County Middle School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 546 (now 449). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Johnson County Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.