South Marshall Middle

South Marshall Middle is a small middle school serving families in Benton, Kentucky. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 432 students. The school is 23% below the average for middle schools in Kentucky.

South Marshall Middle is one school in Marshall County, a system of 11 schools with 4,302 students.

Of every 100 students at South Marshall Middle, about 91 are White. Other students are 6% Hispanic.

Staffing at South Marshall Middle comes to 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Kentucky is similar, at 15.8:1. South Marshall Middle counts 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, South Marshall Middle is 4.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.1% actual, 42.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.

For Marshall County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $65,831 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Marshall County number 12, with about 4,302 students.

About 2.5 miles separate South Marshall Middle from the closest public school, South Marshall Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. On average proficiency, South Marshall Middle is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.

Under the NCES locale system, South Marshall Middle is Rural: Fringe.

From 552 students in 2017-18, enrollment fell to 432 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.8:1, from 18.9:1.

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