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What tradition at Mayfield Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
559
Middle
DISTRICT 688 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAYFIELD INDEPENDENT·NCES 210390000996
Mayfield Middle School
112 W College St, Mayfield, KY 42066 · (270) 247-7521 · Graves County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Kentucky public middle schools
- BTest 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
16.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
378 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 5 | 138 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 151 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 137 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 24% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mayfield Middle School→Mayfield High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mayfield Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
46.0%
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 46 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Mayfield Middle School
Mayfield Middle School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Middle School this school | 559 | 67.6% | 42.6% |
| Rector A. Jones Middle School Florence | 683 | 64.3% | 28.3% |
| Knight Middle Louisville | 757 | 71.9% | 19.1% |
| Lassiter Middle Louisville | 921 | 73.8% | 20.2% |
| Bryan Station Middle School Lexington | 744 | 58.5% | 36.1% |
| Carrithers Middle Louisville | 545 | 63.9% | 27.5% |
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 Mayfield Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #89 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #72 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #113 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #109 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #153 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #20 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #52 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #44 of 49 |
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
559
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 559 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 68% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 33.5 | 15.7:1 | 74% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 32.5 | 16.5:1 | 68% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 30 | 19.7:1 | 69% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 74% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 72% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 77% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 60% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 19 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mayfield Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (546 to 559); teachers up 14% (29 to 33).
About Mayfield Middle School
Mayfield Middle School is a middle school in Mayfield, Kentucky, and it is part of Mayfield Independent. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 559 students enrolled.
Mayfield Middle School is one of the 3 schools that make up Mayfield Independent (2,063 students in total).
Hispanic students make up 38% of enrollment at Mayfield Middle School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 37% White, 12% Black, and 11% multiracial. That compares with about 8% Hispanic among all Graves County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Mayfield Middle School are from different groups.
Mayfield Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Mayfield Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 66% of Kentucky public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.9% for Mayfield Middle School. The school posts 42.6%, 2.7 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Graves County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $50,772, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 14 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,969, Mayfield Middle School among them.
Mayfield High School is the nearest public school to Mayfield Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Mayfield Middle School, there are 7 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mayfield Middle School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Mayfield Middle School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 591 to 559, a 5% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.7:1 to 16.9:1.
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Graves County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,630
Census ACS
Median income
$50,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,969 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mayfield Independent
- Mayfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 987 students
- Mayfield High SchoolHigh · 517 students
Other schools in Mayfield
- Graves County High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Mayfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 987 students
- Graves County Middle SchoolMiddle · 556 students
- Mayfield High SchoolHigh · 517 students
- Graves County Central ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Sedalia Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other Mayfield Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mayfield Middle. Mayfield Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Mayfield Middle SchoolCleveland, OH · 896 students
- Mayfield Middle SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 838 students
Nearby schools
- Mayfield High School0.5 mi · 517
- Mayfield Elementary School0.7 mi · 987
- Graves County High School2.2 mi · 1,145
- Gateway Academy High School2.2 mi · 48
- Graves County Middle School2.2 mi · 556
- Graves County Central Elementary2.4 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Mayfield Middle SchoolHow large is Mayfield Middle School?
Mayfield Middle School enrolls approximately 559 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Mayfield Middle School serve?
Mayfield Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Mayfield Middle School have?
Mayfield Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
How diverse is Mayfield Middle School?
Mayfield Middle School reports a student body of 37% White, 38% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Mayfield Middle School?
Mayfield Middle School is overseen by Mayfield Independent in Graves County.
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