1
What's one thing Stuart Pepper Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
702
Middle
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEADE COUNTY·NCES 210405001029
Stuart Pepper Middle School
1085 Old Ekron Rd, Brandenburg, KY 40108 · (270) 422-7530 · Meade County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% 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.
- C-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
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
281 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 318 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 384 | 55% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 47% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Stuart Pepper Middle School→Meade County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Meade County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
43.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 45 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Stuart Pepper Middle School
Stuart Pepper Middle School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Pepper Middle School this school | 702 | 40.0% | 40.2% |
| Spencer County Middle School Taylorsville | 690 | 42.2% | 40.4% |
| David T. Wilson Elementary Brandenburg | 529 | 40.6% | 55.0% |
| Twenhofel Middle School Independence | 775 | 35.9% | 51.8% |
| Conner Middle School Hebron | 865 | 36.0% | 62.2% |
| Camp Ernst Middle School Burlington | 688 | 43.0% | 46.1% |
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 Stuart Pepper Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #106 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #88 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #122 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #58 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #201 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #129 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #202 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #84 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 2024-25Enrollment
702
-59 (-8%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 22.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 702 | 36.1 | 19.5:1 | 40% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 34.4 | 22.7:1 | 45% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 36.9 | 20.9:1 | 48% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 34 | 22.4:1 | 46% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 805 | 37 | 21.8:1 | 53% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 53% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 44% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 34% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 32 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stuart Pepper Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (805 to 702); teachers down 3% (37 to 36.1).
About Stuart Pepper Middle School
Stuart Pepper Middle School serves students in Brandenburg, Kentucky, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. It covers grades 7 through 8, with a total enrollment of 702 students. Statewide, middle schools in Kentucky average about 558 students each.
Meade County is the local district for Stuart Pepper Middle School. It runs 9 schools with 4,921 students.
At Stuart Pepper Middle School, White students make up 86% of the student body. Smaller groups are 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Stuart Pepper Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
The school reports 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.5 students per teacher. The 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%.
Measured against Kentucky public middle schools, Stuart Pepper Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Stuart Pepper Middle School are 9.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.2% actual, 50.1% predicted).
Stuart Pepper Middle School is located in Meade County, where median household income is about $74,355, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 13 public schools in Meade County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,001.
Nearby, David T. Wilson Elementary is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Stuart Pepper Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Stuart Pepper Middle School went from 761 students to 702. The ratio was 22.4:1 in 2020-21 and 19.5:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Meade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,158
Census ACS
Median income
$74,355
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,001 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Meade County
- Meade County High SchoolHigh · 1,512 students
- Barry Hahn Primary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- David T. Wilson ElementaryMiddle · 529 students
- Flaherty Primary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Ekron Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Flaherty Elementary SchoolMiddle · 299 students
Other schools in Brandenburg
- Meade County High SchoolHigh · 1,512 students
- Barry Hahn Primary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- David T. Wilson ElementaryMiddle · 529 students
- James R. Allen High SchoolHigh · 39 students
- Meade County College and Career CenterHigh
- Brandenburg High SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- David T. Wilson Elementary0.2 mi · 529
- Barry Hahn Primary School0.3 mi · 807
- James R. Allen High School0.7 mi · 39
- Meade County High School0.8 mi · 1,512
- Ekron Elementary School3.9 mi · 365
- Heth-Washington Elementary School8.0 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Stuart Pepper Middle SchoolHow large is Stuart Pepper Middle School?
Stuart Pepper Middle School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Stuart Pepper Middle School serve?
Stuart Pepper Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stuart Pepper Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stuart Pepper Middle School is approximately 19.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Stuart Pepper Middle School?
Student demographics at Stuart Pepper Middle School are roughly 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Stuart Pepper Middle School in?
Stuart Pepper Middle School is part of Meade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.