Mayfield Middle School

Set in Mayfield, Kentucky, Mayfield Middle School is a mid-tier middle school, one of the schools within Mayfield Independent. It teaches 559 students across grades 5 through 8.

Within Mayfield Independent, which oversees 3 schools and 2,063 students, Mayfield Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mayfield Middle School lists that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 37% White, 12% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mayfield Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 42.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Graves County shows median household earnings sit near $50,772, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Graves County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,969 students), of which Mayfield Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Mayfield High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mayfield Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mayfield Middle School has stayed largely flat, going from 546 students in 2018 to 559 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 26% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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