Shelby County East Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Shelbyville, Kentucky, Shelby County East Middle School educates 505 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Shelby County.

Within Shelby County, which oversees 14 schools and 6,985 students, Shelby County East Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Shelby County East Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Shelby County East Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Shelby County East Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.4%; this one comes in at 34.2%, -15.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,604, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Shelby County East Middle School is one of 16 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 6,985 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wright Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shelby County East Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shelby County East Middle School has fell 29%, going from 710 students in 2018 to 505 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 65% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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