Lincoln County Middle School

Lincoln County Middle School is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in Stanford, Kentucky, overseen by Lincoln County, teacheing 697 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Lincoln County Middle School sits 25% above that benchmark.

Lincoln County Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by Lincoln County, a district that hosts 3,255 students overall.

On demographics, Lincoln County Middle School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 75% of students at Lincoln County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln County Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 33.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,440, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lincoln County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), Lincoln County Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln County High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lincoln County Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln County Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln County Middle School's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 868 (now 697).

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