North Marshall Middle School

North Marshall Middle School, a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Calvert City, Kentucky, run under Marshall County, works with 487 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

North Marshall Middle School is one of 11 schools operated by Marshall County, a district that hosts 4,302 students overall.

On demographics, North Marshall Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, North Marshall Middle School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 52% 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, North Marshall Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of +6.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Marshall County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,831 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Marshall County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,302 students), North Marshall Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central Elementary School, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around North Marshall Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Marshall Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Marshall Middle School has declined 15%, going from 574 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 97% to 92%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.