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Enrollment
683
Middle
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONE COUNTY·NCES 210051000080
Rector A. Jones Middle School
8000 Spruce Dr, Florence, KY 41042 · (859) 282-4610 · Boone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% 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
12.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
439 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 232 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 243 | 36% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
27.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Rector A. Jones Middle School
Rector A. Jones Middle School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rector A. Jones Middle School this school | 683 | 64.3% | 28.3% |
| Mayfield Middle School Mayfield | 559 | 67.6% | 42.6% |
| Bryan Station Middle School Lexington | 744 | 58.5% | 36.1% |
| Knight Middle Louisville | 757 | 71.9% | 19.1% |
| Carrithers Middle Louisville | 545 | 63.9% | 27.5% |
| Crawford Middle School Lexington | 710 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
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 Rector A. Jones Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #187 of 216 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #188 of 216 | #7 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #178 of 217 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #65 of 221 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #13 of 210 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #15 of 210 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #75 of 219 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #121 of 156 | #5 of 6 |
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
683
-93 (-12%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 683 | 54 | 12.7:1 | 64% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 56 | 12.0:1 | 78% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 56 | 12.1:1 | 73% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 776 | 57 | 13.6:1 | 80% (619) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 75% (541) |
| 2015-16 | 709 | 46 | 15.4:1 | 77% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 70% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 44% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rector A. Jones Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (726 to 683); teachers up 6% (51 to 54).
About Rector A. Jones Middle School
A mid-sized middle school in Florence, Kentucky, Rector A. Jones Middle School is part of Boone County. Federal data show 683 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Kentucky average about 558 students, which makes this school 22% above average.
Rector A. Jones Middle School is in Boone County, a district with 20,514 students across 27 schools.
No group is above 50% at Rector A. Jones Middle School; the largest is White, at 38%. Other reported shares: 33% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 6% multiracial. Boone County's residents are about 83% White, 46 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Rector A. Jones Middle School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.7:1. Middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1, 3.1 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 64% at Rector A. Jones Middle School. The rate at public schools in Boone County averages 40%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Rector A. Jones Middle School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Kentucky public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Rector A. Jones Middle School is 12.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools.
In Boone County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $99,414, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 34 public schools and about 22,394 students.
Hillard Collins Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.5%; Rector A. Jones Middle School's is 28.3%, ranking 7th of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 776 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 683 by 2024-25.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,841
Census ACS
Median income
$99,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,394 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone County
- Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Randall K. Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Conner High SchoolHigh · 1,400 students
- Boone County High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
Other schools in Florence
- Boone County High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Ockerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 students
- Erpenbeck Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Ockerman Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Hillard Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Hillard Collins Elementary School0.1 mi · 571
- Florence Elementary School1.1 mi · 610
- RISE Academy1.1 mi · 70
- Howell Elementary School1.4 mi · 299
- Boone County High School1.4 mi · 1,252
- Miles Elementary School1.7 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About Rector A. Jones Middle SchoolHow many students attend Rector A. Jones Middle School?
Rector A. Jones Middle School enrolls approximately 683 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rector A. Jones Middle School serve?
Rector A. Jones Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rector A. Jones Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Rector A. Jones Middle School.
How diverse is Rector A. Jones Middle School?
Rector A. Jones Middle School reports a student body of 38% White, 33% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Rector A. Jones Middle School?
Rector A. Jones Middle School is overseen by Boone County in Boone County.
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