Muhlenberg County Middle School

Muhlenberg County Middle School, a sprawling 6-8 campus in Greenville, Kentucky, run under Muhlenberg County, teaches 871 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Muhlenberg County Middle School sits 56% larger than that benchmark.

Muhlenberg County Middle School is one of 9 schools operated by Muhlenberg County, a district that instructs 4,846 students overall.

Demographically, Muhlenberg County Middle School records that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Muhlenberg County Middle School logs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Muhlenberg County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.6%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Muhlenberg County indicate median household earnings sit near $51,927, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Muhlenberg County Middle School is one of 11 public schools in Muhlenberg County (combined enrollment of about 4,846 students).

Muhlenberg South Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Muhlenberg County Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Muhlenberg County Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.2%.

Muhlenberg County Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 44%: 603 students in 2018 compared to 871 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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