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Enrollment
486
Middle
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET INDEPENDENT·NCES 210543001311
Meece Middle School
210 Barnett St, Somerset, KY 42501 · (606) 678-5821 · Pulaski County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
322 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 110 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 130 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 28% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Meece Middle School→Somerset High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Somerset Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
50.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
44.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
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 Meece Middle School
Meece Middle School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meece Middle School this school | 486 | 66.3% | 43.3% |
| Ohio County Middle School Hartford | 523 | 66.0% | 43.6% |
| Adair County Middle School Columbia | 559 | 66.2% | 42.1% |
| Bullitt Lick Middle School Shepherdsville | 423 | 67.8% | 22.8% |
| Mason County Middle School Maysville | 565 | 67.1% | 27.3% |
| Monroe Co Middle Tompkinsville | 399 | 69.7% | 37.5% |
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 Meece Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #84 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #82 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #79 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #136 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #41 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #93 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #58 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #46 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
486
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 486 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 66% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 35.3 | 13.3:1 | 96% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 34.3 | 12.9:1 | 67% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 67% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 31.6 | 15.0:1 | 64% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 62% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 50% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 45% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 24 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meece Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (475 to 486); teachers up 8% (31.6 to 34).
About Meece Middle School
Meece Middle School is a public middle school run by Somerset Independent in Somerset, Kentucky. The school serves 486 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25.
Somerset Independent is the district for Meece Middle School. It has 3 schools and 1,762 students.
Meece Middle School's enrollment is 80% White. Next come 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 94% White among all Pulaski County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Meece Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
Federal staffing data show 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at Meece Middle School and a ratio of 14.3:1. That ratio is under the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. Across public schools in Pulaski County, the average is about the same, 64%.
Meece Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Kentucky public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Kentucky, Meece Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.3% actual against a predicted 40.4%.
In the county around the school, Pulaski County, median household income is about $51,898, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. A total of 19 public schools operate in Pulaski County, serving about 9,989 students.
Hopkins Elementary School is located about 0.4 miles from Meece Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Meece Middle School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.3% against a local average of 53.4%.
NCES describes the area around Meece Middle School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 486, 3% above the 471 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,897
Census ACS
Median income
$51,898
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,989 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Somerset Independent
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 750 students
- Somerset High SchoolHigh · 526 students
Other schools in Somerset
- Southwestern High SchoolHigh · 1,213 students
- Pulaski County High SchoolHigh · 1,113 students
- Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 871 students
- Northern Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 750 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Nearby schools
- Hopkins Elementary School0.4 mi · 750
- Somerset High School0.5 mi · 526
- Pulaski County High School0.7 mi · 1,113
- Eagle Academy1.2 mi · 38
- Northern Middle School1.2 mi · 797
- Pulaski Elementary School1.4 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Meece Middle SchoolHow large is Meece Middle School?
Meece Middle School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades 05-08.
Is Meece Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meece Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meece Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meece Middle School is approximately 14.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Meece Middle School?
Student demographics at Meece Middle School are roughly 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Meece Middle School?
Meece Middle School is overseen by Somerset Independent in Pulaski County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.