West Jessamine Middle School

West Jessamine Middle School is one of the well-populated middle-grades schools in Nicholasville, Kentucky, part of Jessamine County, with 887 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so West Jessamine Middle School sits 59% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Jessamine County (8,331 students total), West Jessamine Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, West Jessamine Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, West Jessamine Middle School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 47% of students at West Jessamine Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jessamine County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Jessamine Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 50.2%, a residual of +2.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jessamine County indicate median household income runs about $74,576, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. West Jessamine Middle School is one of 14 public schools in Jessamine County (combined enrollment of about 8,331 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Jessamine Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 942 students in 2018 compared to 887 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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