Rockcastle County Middle School

Rockcastle County Middle School is one of the medium-sized middle schools in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, overseen by Rockcastle County, with 600 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Rockcastle County, which oversees 6 schools and 2,792 students, Rockcastle County Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Rockcastle County Middle School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Rockcastle County Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at Rockcastle County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rockcastle County Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 41.6%.

Around the school, Rockcastle County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,862 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Rockcastle County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,792 students), Rockcastle County Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Rockcastle Academy for Academic Achievement is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rockcastle County Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 616 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Rockcastle County Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.