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If you could change one rule at Powell County Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
418
Middle
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWELL COUNTY·NCES 210489001218
Powell County Middle School
770 W College Ave, Stanton, KY 40380 · (606) 663-3308 · Powell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Kentucky public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
277 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 141 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 135 | 32% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Powell County Middle School→Powell County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Powell County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
21.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Powell County Middle School
Powell County Middle School's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell County Middle School this school | 418 | 66.3% | 22.1% |
| Estill County Middle School Irvine | 423 | 67.6% | 35.8% |
| Morgan County Middle School West Liberty | 361 | 66.2% | 38.1% |
| Green County Middle School Greensburg | 366 | 63.7% | 37.5% |
| Belfry Middle School Belfry | 344 | 64.5% | 45.4% |
| Clay County Middle School Manchester | 387 | 69.5% | 41.1% |
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 Powell County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #205 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #202 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #206 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #158 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #172 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #182 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #57 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #35 of 156 |
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
418
-129 (-24%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 418 | 23.7 | 17.6:1 | 66% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 26.5 | 16.4:1 | 69% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 68% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 67% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 32.5 | 16.3:1 | 72% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 75% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 72% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 58% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 33 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powell County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (529 to 418); teachers down 27% (32.5 to 23.7).
About Powell County Middle School
Powell County Middle School is a small middle school in Stanton, Kentucky. A federal count lists 418 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Kentucky) has about 558 students.
Powell County Middle School is part of Powell County, where 6 schools serve 2,031 students.
Powell County Middle School enrolls a student body that is 93% White. The rest of enrollment is 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share in Powell County as a whole is similar, at about 95%. The chance that two students picked at random at Powell County Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
The teaching staff at Powell County Middle School is 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Kentucky is 15.8:1, lower than at this school. About 66% of students, or 277, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Powell County, the average is about the same, 68%.
Measured against Kentucky public middle schools, Powell County Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Powell County Middle School is a bottom-10% school in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.1% against a predicted 40.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Powell County show that median household income is about $40,309, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Powell County Middle School is one of 6 public schools in Powell County, which together enroll about 2,031 students.
The shortest distance from Powell County Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Powell County High School. The five-mile area around Powell County Middle School holds 5 other public schools. Powell County Middle School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 418, 24% below the 547 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.6:1, from 15.6:1.
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Powell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,038
Census ACS
Median income
$40,309
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,031 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Powell County
- Powell County High SchoolHigh · 580 students
- Clay City Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Stanton Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Bowen Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Powell County AcademyHigh · 55 students
Other schools in Stanton
- Powell County High SchoolHigh · 580 students
- Stanton Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Bowen Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Powell County AcademyHigh · 55 students
Nearby schools
- Powell County High School0.1 mi · 580
- Stanton Elementary School0.8 mi · 322
- Powell County Academy0.8 mi · 55
- Clay City Elementary School3.1 mi · 425
- Bowen Elementary School5.0 mi · 231
- Estill County Middle School9.8 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Powell County Middle SchoolHow many students attend Powell County Middle School?
Powell County Middle School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Powell County Middle School serve?
Powell County Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Powell County Middle School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Powell County Middle School.
How diverse is Powell County Middle School?
Powell County Middle School reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Powell County Middle School?
Powell County Middle School is overseen by Powell County in Powell County.
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