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Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELL COUNTY·NCES 210039000074
Yellow Creek School Center
4840 West Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY 40965 · (606) 248-1794 · Bell County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
488 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 60% larger than its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
Yellow Creek School Center→Bell County High School
Based on grade levels within Bell County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
62.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
55.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 21 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 →
Schools most like Yellow Creek School Center
Yellow Creek School Center's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Creek School Center this school | 575 | 84.9% | 54.8% |
| Whitley City Elementary School Whitley City | 547 | 85.2% | 54.2% |
| South Floyd Elementary School Hi Hat | 596 | 87.2% | 31.7% |
| Betsy Layne Elementary School Betsy Layne | 638 | 83.5% | 31.6% |
| Lynn Camp Elementary School Corbin | 501 | 87.4% | 26.2% |
| Middlesboro Elementary School Middlesboro | 514 | 84.0% | 34.0% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary 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 Yellow Creek School Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #159 of 669 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #167 of 668 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #128 of 674 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #150 of 744 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #521 of 674 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.7% | #583 of 674 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #64 of 721 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #282 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
575
-66 (-10%) vs 2020
+189% since 1990-91, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 575 | 35.5 | 16.2:1 | 85% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 34.5 | 16.3:1 | 83% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 35.5 | 15.8:1 | 83% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 74% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 32.5 | 19.3:1 | 90% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 88% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 99% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 99% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 12 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yellow Creek School Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (627 to 575); teachers up 9% (32.5 to 35.5).
About Yellow Creek School Center
This page covers Yellow Creek School Center, a medium-sized elementary school in Middlesboro, Kentucky. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 575 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Kentucky) has about 421 students.
Bell County is the district for Yellow Creek School Center. It has 7 schools and 2,436 students.
Most students at Yellow Creek School Center are White: 95% of enrollment. For comparison, Bell County is about 93% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Yellow Creek School Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
The school reported 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 85%.
The allk12 Grade for Yellow Creek School Center is A-. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Yellow Creek School Center posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Kentucky are predicted to post 33.6%, so the school is 21.3 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bell County, median household income is about $31,354, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 18 public schools operate in Bell County, serving about 4,135 students.
Nearest public school: Middlesboro High School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Yellow Creek School Center holds 5 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Yellow Creek School Center at 1st of 4.
Under the NCES locale system, Yellow Creek School Center is Town: Distant.
Enrollment was 641 in 2020-21 and 575 in 2024-25, a decrease of 66 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.8:1 to 16.2:1.
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Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,509
Census ACS
Median income
$31,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,135 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bell County
- Bell County High SchoolHigh · 622 students
- Bell Central School CenterElementary · 502 students
- Page School CenterElementary · 272 students
- Lone Jack School CenterElementary · 196 students
- Right Fork School CenterElementary · 152 students
- Frakes School CenterElementary · 117 students
Other schools in Middlesboro
- Middlesboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Middlesboro High SchoolHigh · 337 students
- Middlesboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 284 students
- Middlesboro Alternative SchoolHigh · 31 students
- Middlesboro Group Home SchoolHigh · 2 students
- Cumberland Tech - Southeast CampusHigh
Nearby schools
- Middlesboro High School0.6 mi · 337
- Middlesboro Middle School0.7 mi · 284
- Middlesboro Elementary School1.3 mi · 514
- Middlesboro Alternative School2.5 mi · 31
- Middlesboro Group Home School2.5 mi · 2
- Ellen Myers Primary6.0 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Yellow Creek School CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Yellow Creek School Center?
Yellow Creek School Center enrolls approximately 575 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Yellow Creek School Center serve?
Yellow Creek School Center serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Yellow Creek School Center?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Yellow Creek School Center.
How diverse is Yellow Creek School Center?
Yellow Creek School Center reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Yellow Creek School Center in?
Yellow Creek School Center is part of Bell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.