Rector A. Jones Middle School

Rector A. Jones Middle School, a mid-tier intermediate school in Florence, Kentucky, part of Boone County, serves 683 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 22% above typical.

Boone County runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 20,514 students. Rector A. Jones Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Rector A. Jones Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 33% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Rector A. Jones Middle School lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Rector A. Jones Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Boone County (around 40%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rector A. Jones Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -12.8 points.

Across the wider county, Boone County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,414 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Rector A. Jones Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students).

The closest other public school is Hillard Collins Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rector A. Jones Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

Rector A. Jones Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 726 students in 2018 compared to 683 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 53% to 38%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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