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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCER COUNTY·NCES 210411000482
Kenneth D. King Middle School
937 Moberly Rd., Harrodsburg, KY 40330 · (859) 733-7060 · Mercer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Kentucky public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
356 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 188 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 33% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
45.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
43.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Kenneth D. King Middle School
Kenneth D. King Middle School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth D. King Middle School this school | 581 | 61.3% | 39.9% |
| Garrard Middle School Lancaster | 543 | 61.0% | 37.3% |
| Taylor County Middle School Campbellsville | 586 | 59.7% | 39.8% |
| Ashland Middle School Ashland | 671 | 59.2% | 37.5% |
| Barren County Middle School Glasgow | 649 | 58.6% | 41.6% |
| Breckinridge County Middle School Harned | 532 | 60.7% | 37.7% |
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 Kenneth D. King Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #110 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #94 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #116 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #100 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #94 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #111 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #88 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #139 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
581
-78 (-12%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 581 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 61% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 65% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 64% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 63% (414) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 56% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 39 | 17.0:1 | 50% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 45% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 28% (194) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenneth D. King Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (602 to 581); teachers unchanged (37 to 37).
About Kenneth D. King Middle School
Kenneth D. King Middle School serves students in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as a mid-sized middle school. Its enrollment is 581 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
Kenneth D. King Middle School is one of the 6 schools that make up Mercer County (2,674 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, Kenneth D. King Middle School is 83% White. Next come 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
Staffing at Kenneth D. King Middle School comes to 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.7:1. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Kenneth D. King Middle School counts 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Mercer County is similar, at 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kenneth D. King Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 51% of Kentucky public middle schools.
A school with Kenneth D. King Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Kentucky is predicted to score 42.3%. Kenneth D. King Middle School scores 39.9%, 2.4 points below that line.
In Mercer County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $64,824, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 8 public schools and about 3,199 students.
Measured in a straight line, Mercer County Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Kenneth D. King Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Kenneth D. King Middle School comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 581, compared with 659 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.7:1, from 16.9:1.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,028
Census ACS
Median income
$64,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mercer County
- Mercer County Senior High SchoolHigh · 748 students
- Mercer County Elementary SchoolElementary · 713 students
- Mercer County Intermediate SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Mercer CentralHigh · 51 students
- Mercer County Day TreatmentHigh · 11 students
Other schools in Harrodsburg
- Mercer County Senior High SchoolHigh · 748 students
- Mercer County Elementary SchoolElementary · 713 students
- Mercer County Intermediate SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Mercer CentralHigh · 51 students
- Mercer County Day TreatmentHigh · 11 students
- Trailblazer AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Mercer County Elementary School0.2 mi · 713
- Mercer County Intermediate School0.5 mi · 570
- Mercer County Senior High School0.5 mi · 748
- Mercer Central1.5 mi · 51
- Mercer County Day Treatment1.5 mi · 11
- Burgin Independent School5.4 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Kenneth D. King Middle SchoolHow large is Kenneth D. King Middle School?
Kenneth D. King Middle School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kenneth D. King Middle School serve?
Kenneth D. King Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kenneth D. King Middle School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Kenneth D. King Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kenneth D. King Middle School?
At Kenneth D. King Middle School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Kenneth D. King Middle School public or private?
Kenneth D. King Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.