Middlesboro Middle School

Middlesboro Middle School operates as a compact middle school in Middlesboro, Kentucky, one of the schools within Middlesboro Independent. Current enrollment sits at 284 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% leaner than the state mean of about 558.

Middlesboro Independent comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,168 students; Middlesboro Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Middlesboro Middle School records that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest breaks down as 10% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Middlesboro Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bell County shows median household earnings sit near $31,354, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 25%. Middlesboro Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 4,135 students).

Nearest neighbor: Middlesboro High School, around 0.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Middlesboro Middle School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Middlesboro Middle School has contracted 13%, going from 328 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 87% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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