Walton-Verona Middle School

Walton-Verona Middle School is one of the cozy junior highs in Walton, Kentucky, part of Walton-Verona Independent, with 425 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 558.

Across the 5 schools in Walton-Verona Independent (1,880 students total), Walton-Verona Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Walton-Verona Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Walton-Verona Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Walton-Verona Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 60.9%, a residual of +10.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Boone County put median household income runs about $99,414, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Walton-Verona Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students).

The closest other public school is Walton-Verona High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walton-Verona Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walton-Verona Middle School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Walton-Verona Middle School's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 425). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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