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Enrollment
632
Middle
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PADUCAH INDEPENDENT·NCES 210465001144
Paducah Middle School
342 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah, KY 42001 · (270) 444-5710 · McCracken County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Kentucky public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
384 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 6 | 234 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 205 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Paducah Middle School→Paducah Tilghman High School
Based on grade levels within Paducah Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
38.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Paducah Middle School
Paducah Middle School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah Middle School this school | 632 | 60.8% | 36.6% |
| Western Middle School for the Arts Louisville | 665 | 59.1% | 41.3% |
| North Middle School Radcliff | 567 | 60.5% | 27.7% |
| Christian County Middle School Hopkinsville | 845 | 69.5% | 34.5% |
| Hopkinsville Middle School Hopkinsville | 741 | 69.0% | 32.3% |
| Jefferson County Traditional Middle Louisville | 813 | 53.1% | 36.9% |
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 Paducah Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #137 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #126 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #128 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #83 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #75 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #32 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.8% | #91 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #47 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
632
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 632 | 41.4 | 15.3:1 | 61% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 628 | 42.9 | 14.6:1 | 63% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 40.5 | 16.1:1 | 69% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 71% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 70% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 77% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 73% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 64% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 41 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paducah Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (620 to 632); teachers up 15% (36 to 41.4).
About Paducah Middle School
The public middle school Paducah Middle School is located in Paducah, Kentucky. Its enrollment is 632 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
District-wide, Paducah Independent has 7 schools and 3,103 students.
Of every 100 students at Paducah Middle School, about 43 are White, the largest group. Other students are 36% Black, 13% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. That is lower than the 82% White share among all McCracken County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Teacher count: 41.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Kentucky is similar, at 15.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 61%.
Paducah Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of Kentucky public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.5% for Paducah Middle School. The school posts 36.6%, 5.9 points below the prediction.
Census data for McCracken County show median household income comes to about $64,373, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 22 public schools and about 9,883 students.
Paducah Middle School's nearest public school is Clark Elementary School (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Paducah Middle School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Paducah Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.3:1, from 17.8:1.
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McCracken County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,564
Census ACS
Median income
$64,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
9,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paducah Independent
- Paducah Tilghman High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Morgan Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- McNabb Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Paducah Head Start PreschoolElementary · 251 students
- Choices Educational CenterCombined · 42 students
Other schools in Paducah
- McCracken County High SchoolHigh · 1,882 students
- Paducah Tilghman High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- Lone Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
- Reidland Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Elementary School0.3 mi · 615
- Paducah Tilghman High School0.9 mi · 860
- Paducah Head Start Preschool1.0 mi · 251
- Morgan Elementary School1.0 mi · 369
- McNabb Elementary School1.2 mi · 334
- Hendron Lone Oak Elementary School1.9 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Paducah Middle SchoolHow large is Paducah Middle School?
Paducah Middle School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Paducah Middle School serve?
Paducah Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Paducah Middle School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Paducah Middle School.
How diverse is Paducah Middle School?
Paducah Middle School reports a student body of 43% White, 8% Hispanic, 36% Black, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Paducah Middle School?
Paducah Middle School is overseen by Paducah Independent in McCracken County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.