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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY·NCES 210526002017

Royal Spring Middle School

332 Champion Way, Georgetown, KY 40324 · (502) 570-2390 · Scott County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Kentucky public middle schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-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

Enrollment
719
Middle
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 558
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
306 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 625335%
Grade 722531%
Grade 824134%
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
50270%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
8111%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
7410%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
112%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
477%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
38954%
Female
33046%

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
56.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
44.3%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Royal Spring Middle School

Royal Spring Middle School's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Royal Spring Middle School this school71942.6%45.7%
Camp Ernst Middle School
Burlington
68843.0%46.1%
Woodford County Middle School
Versailles
89743.6%45.5%
Murray Middle School
Murray
64547.4%62.9%
Talton K Stone Middle School
Elizabethtown
52643.0%43.5%
Henderson County South Middle School
Henderson
66148.0%47.7%
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 Royal Spring Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kentucky
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
45.7%#69 of 216
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
44.3%#81 of 216
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
56.7%#49 of 217
Enrollment
ranked largest first
719#53 of 221
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.2:1#72 of 210
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
48.5%#64 of 210
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
42.6%#194 of 219
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-20.5%#39 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 2024-25
Enrollment
719
-90 (-11%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2571947.415.2:143% (306)
2023-2469343.416.0:140% (276)
2022-2372645.715.9:144% (317)
2020-218094518.0:139% (314)
2017-1890446.519.4:138% (339)
2015-168214219.6:138% (314)
2010-116563618.2:139% (255)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Royal Spring Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 20% (904 to 719); teachers up 2% (46.5 to 47.4).

About Royal Spring Middle School

Royal Spring Middle School is a middle school in Georgetown, Kentucky, reachable at (502) 570-2390. Enrollment is 719 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Kentucky is about 558 students, so this school is 29% above average.

Scott County has 16 schools and 9,830 students, and Royal Spring Middle School is one of those schools.

Roughly 70% of students at Royal Spring Middle School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 86%. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Staffing totals 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 43%.

Measured against Kentucky public middle schools, Royal Spring Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Compared with Kentucky schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Royal Spring Middle School's results are 3.5 points below predicted: 45.7% against 49.2%.

According to the American Community Survey, in Scott County, the median household income is $85,158, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 18 public schools in Scott County, enrolling about 9,863 students in all.

The closest other public school is Anne Mason Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Royal Spring Middle School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.

Enrollment declined 11% from its 2020-21 level of 809. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.0:1 to 15.2:1.

Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Scott County at a glance

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Population
59,536
Census ACS
Median income
$85,158
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,863 students

Quick facts

School name
Royal Spring Middle School
District
Scott County
Address
332 Champion Way, Georgetown, KY 40324
Phone
(502) 570-2390
County
Scott County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
719
Teachers (FTE)
47
Student–teacher ratio
15.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
306 (43%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
210526002017
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Royal Spring Middle School
How large is Royal Spring Middle School?
Royal Spring Middle School enrolls approximately 719 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Royal Spring Middle School serve?
Royal Spring Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Royal Spring Middle School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Royal Spring Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Royal Spring Middle School?
At Royal Spring Middle School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Royal Spring Middle School in?
Royal Spring Middle School is part of Scott County.
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