Mckell Middle School

Mckell Middle School is one of the intimate middle-grades schools in South Shore, Kentucky, run under Greenup County, with 338 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Greenup County (2,509 students total), Mckell Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mckell Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest looks like 2% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Greenup County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mckell Middle School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at Mckell Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mckell Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Greenup County shows median household income runs about $60,751, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Greenup County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,653 students), Mckell Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mckell Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Mckell Middle School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 338). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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