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Lone Oak Middle School

260 Bleich Road, Paducah, KY 42003 · (270) 538-4130 · McCracken County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Kentucky public middle schools
  • A+Test 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

Enrollment
702
Middle
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 558
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
338 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 622732%
Grade 722632%
Grade 824935%
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
56781%
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
426%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
396%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
142%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
396%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
37153%
Female
33147%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Lone Oak Middle School→McCracken County High School
Based on grade levels within McCracken County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
67.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
60.7%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Lone Oak Middle School

Lone Oak Middle School's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lone Oak Middle School this school70248.1%62.2%
Henderson County South Middle School
Henderson
66148.0%47.7%
Murray Middle School
Murray
64547.4%62.9%
Boyle County Middle School
Danville
65549.8%54.1%
Anderson County Middle School
Lawrenceburg
76848.3%47.3%
Hebron Middle School
Shepherdsville
56947.1%35.3%
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 Lone Oak Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kentucky
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
62.2%#7 of 216
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
60.7%#17 of 216
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
67.3%#10 of 217
Enrollment
ranked largest first
702#57 of 221
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.8:1#54 of 210
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
33.7%#96 of 210
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
48.1%#172 of 219
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.1%#106 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 2024-25
Enrollment
702
-68 (-9%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2570247.514.8:148% (338)
2023-2476751.514.9:149% (374)
2022-2379651.515.5:147% (373)
2020-217704616.7:144% (341)
2017-1876447.716.0:145% (340)
2015-167104316.5:146% (324)
2010-117273819.1:137% (271)
2000-016173716.7:127% (164)
1990-916853420.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lone Oak Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (764 to 702); teachers unchanged (47.7 to 47.5).

About Lone Oak Middle School

Lone Oak Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in Paducah, Kentucky. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 702 students. Against the 558-student average for middle schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 26% higher.

McCracken County has 13 schools and 6,780 students, and Lone Oak Middle School is one of those schools.

Most students at Lone Oak Middle School are White: 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 82% of residents are White. Lone Oak Middle School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Lone Oak Middle School's 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 48%. The rate at public schools in McCracken County averages 57%, higher than here.

Lone Oak Middle School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Kentucky public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lone Oak Middle School is +15.0 points: 62.2% actual, 47.1% predicted.

Across McCracken County, median household income is about $64,373, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Lone Oak Middle School is among the 22 public schools in McCracken County.

The closest public school, Hendron Lone Oak Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles from Lone Oak Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lone Oak Middle School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Lone Oak Middle School saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 16.7 in 2020-21.

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McCracken County at a glance

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Population
67,564
Census ACS
Median income
$64,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
9,883 students

Quick facts

School name
Lone Oak Middle School
District
McCracken County
Address
260 Bleich Road, Paducah, KY 42003
Phone
(270) 538-4130
County
McCracken County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
702
Teachers (FTE)
48
Student–teacher ratio
14.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
338 (48%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
210396001010
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in McCracken County
Other schools in Paducah
Other Lone Oak Middle schools

One other US public school is named Lone Oak Middle. Lone Oak Middle School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Lone Oak Middle School
How large is Lone Oak Middle School?
Lone Oak Middle School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lone Oak Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lone Oak Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lone Oak Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lone Oak Middle School is approximately 14.8:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lone Oak Middle School?
At Lone Oak Middle School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lone Oak Middle School in?
Lone Oak Middle School is part of McCracken County.
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