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What's something Whitley County Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
547
Middle
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITLEY COUNTY·NCES 210588001387
Whitley County Middle School
351 Blvd of Champions, Williamsburg, KY 40769 · (606) 549-7050 · Whitley County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
417 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 63%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Whitley County Middle School→Whitley County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Whitley County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
55.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
547
-16 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.4:1
% White
95%
was 98%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Whitley County Middle School
As a reasonably sized middle school in Williamsburg, Kentucky, Whitley County Middle School enrolls 547 students from grades 7 through 8, part of Whitley County.
Within Whitley County, which oversees 11 schools and 4,234 students, Whitley County Middle School is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Whitley County Middle School shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Whitley County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitley County Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 36.8%; this one delivers 55.7%, a residual of +18.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Whitley County) shows that median household income runs about $44,615, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Whitley County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,324 students), of which Whitley County Middle School is one.
Whitley County Alternative School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Whitley County Middle School. On composite proficiency, Whitley County Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Whitley County Middle School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 547). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Whitley County Middle School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Whitley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,920
Census ACS
Median income
$44,615
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitley County
- Whitley County High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- Whitley Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Whitley County Central Primary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Whitley County North Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Whitley County East Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other schools in Williamsburg
- Whitley County High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Williamsburg City SchoolCombined · 833 students
- Whitley Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Whitley County Central Primary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Whitley County East Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Whitley County Alternative School0.0 mi · 52
- Whitley County Central Primary School0.1 mi · 413
- Whitley County High School0.2 mi · 919
- Whitley Central Intermediate School0.4 mi · 456
- Colonel Academy2.6 mi · 172
- Williamsburg City School3.1 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About Whitley County Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whitley County Middle School?
Whitley County Middle School enrolls approximately 547 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Whitley County Middle School serve?
Whitley County Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitley County Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitley County Middle School is approximately 14.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Whitley County Middle School?
Student demographics at Whitley County Middle School are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Whitley County Middle School in?
Whitley County Middle School is part of Whitley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.