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Trigg County 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 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Trigg County Middle School
Trigg County Middle School is a small 6-8 campus in Cadiz, Kentucky, one of the schools within Trigg County. The school serves 420 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 25% smaller than typical.
Trigg County Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Trigg County, a district that enrolls 1,954 students overall.
Demographically, Trigg County Middle School reports that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, Trigg County Middle School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Trigg County Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.4%; this one delivers 40.5%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Trigg County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,857, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Trigg County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,954 students), Trigg County Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Trigg County Primary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Trigg County Middle School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 39.9%.
Trigg County Middle School operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. Trigg County Middle School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 420). Class-load math has fell: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.
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Trigg County at a glance
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- Trigg County High SchoolHigh · 590 students
- Trigg County Primary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Trigg County Intermediate SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Harbor Academy and Virtual SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Trigg County Career and Technical CenterHigh
- Trigg County High SchoolHigh · 590 students
- Trigg County Primary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Trigg County Intermediate SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Harbor Academy and Virtual SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Trigg County Career and Technical CenterHigh
- Trigg County Primary School0.1 mi · 521
- Trigg County Intermediate School0.1 mi · 416
- Trigg County High School0.1 mi · 590
- Harbor Academy and Virtual School0.2 mi · 7
- Sinking Fork Elementary School15.0 mi · 430
- Millbrooke Elementary School16.5 mi · 610