Russellville Middle School
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Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 37 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
About Russellville Middle School
Russellville Middle School operates as a rural-scale junior high in Russellville, Kentucky, operated by Russellville Independent. Current enrollment sits at 216 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.
Across the 3 schools in Russellville Independent (979 students total), Russellville Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Russellville Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% multiracial. By comparison, Logan County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Russellville Middle School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Logan County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Russellville Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Logan County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,382 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Russellville Middle School is one of 14 public schools in Logan County (combined enrollment of about 4,422 students).
The closest other public school is Russellville High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Russellville Middle School. On composite proficiency, Russellville Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
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