Lee County Middle High School

Lee County Middle High School is one of the cozy secondary schools in Beattyville, Kentucky, operated by Lee County, with 422 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 558.

Across the 2 schools in Lee County (890 students total), Lee County Middle High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lee County Middle High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). That composition is broadly in line with Lee County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Lee County Middle High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lee County put the typical household earns roughly $37,568 per year, roughly 9% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lee County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 890 students), Lee County Middle High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lee County Elementary School, around 2.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lee County Middle High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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