Paducah Middle School

Paducah Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in Paducah, Kentucky, operated by Paducah Independent. Current enrollment sits at 632 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Across the 7 schools in Paducah Independent (3,103 students total), Paducah Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Paducah Middle School records that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 36% Black, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 61% of students at Paducah 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), Paducah Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (McCracken County) records that the typical household earns roughly $64,373 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, McCracken County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,883 students), of which Paducah Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Clark Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Paducah Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paducah Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 620 students in 2018 to 632 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 41% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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