Best Middle Schools in Kentucky for Foster Care Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kentucky!

Every year, the Kentucky Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Foster Care students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the K-PREP test scores by the Kentucky Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Foster Care vs All Students - 2019)
ID	Rank (of 10)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Foster Care)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Foster Care)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
210030000607	1	Barren County Middle School	Public	7-8	555 Trojan Trail	Glasgow	42141	Barren County	Barren County	No	No	No	No	(270) 651-4909	774	42	18.3	55.8%	718 (92.8%)	7 (0.9%)	29 (3.7%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.8%)	$16,269	$1,307	$742	$3,171	$7,821	$1,965	$8,995	90.0%	64.8%	25.22%
210321001589	2	North Laurel Middle School	Public	6-8	101 Johnson Rd	London	40741	Laurel County	Laurel County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 862-4715	989	59	16.7	63.5%	945 (95.6%)	11 (1.1%)	13 (1.3%)	11 (1.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	$24,007	$716	$1,183	$1,898	$8,728	$2,326	$11,055	80.0%	96.1%	16.12%
210495001572	3	Southern Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Enterprise Dr	Somerset	42501	Pulaski County	Pulaski County	No	No	No	No	(606) 679-6855	1,063	52	20.6	72.3%	976 (91.8%)	15 (1.4%)	38 (3.6%)	14 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (1.9%)	$11,254	$746	$532	$1,612	$7,378	$1,677	$9,056	70.0%	92.5%	22.54%
210405001029	4	Stuart Pepper Middle School	Public	7-8	1085 Old Ekron Rd	Brandenburg	40108	Meade County	Meade County	No	No	No	No	(270) 422-7530	764	36	21.1	52.7%	690 (90.3%)	9 (1.2%)	24 (3.1%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.6%)	$12,992	$313	$485	$798	$7,050	$1,410	$8,460	60.0%	67.2%	7.16%
210399002002	5	McCreary County Middle School	Public	6-8	180 Raider Way	Stearns	42647	McCreary County	McCreary County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 376-5081	418	25	16.5	78.0%	412 (98.6%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$14,660	$1,739	$857	$2,596	$10,728	$2,508	$13,234	50.0%	35.2%	14.78%
210425001538	6	McNabb Middle School	Public	6-8	3570 Indian Mound Drive	Mount Sterling	40353	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	No	(859) 497-8770	1,073	58	18.3	56.0%	952 (88.7%)	25 (2.3%)	60 (5.6%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (2.7%)	$10,231	$996	$481	$1,476	$7,505	$1,851	$9,356	40.0%	61.5%	21.49%
210450001114	7	Ohio County Middle School	Public	7-8	1404 S Main St	Hartford	42320	Ohio County	Ohio County	No	No	No	No	(270) 274-7893	748	37	20.2	64.2%	682 (91.2%)	4 (0.5%)	53 (7.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	$13,630	$1,872	$494	$2,366	$7,099	$1,562	$8,660	30.0%	67.8%	37.76%
210459002305	8	Owensboro Middle School	Public	6-8	1300 Booth Ave	Owensboro	42301	Daviess County	Owensboro Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 686-1130	710	48	14.8	70.8%	425 (59.9%)	108 (15.2%)	63 (8.9%)	25 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	87 (12.3%)	$15,830	$1,685	$537	$2,222	$9,620	$1,634	$11,254	20.0%	36.1%	16.12%
210126002162	9	Foothills Academy	Public	6-12	107 Foothill Academy Spur	Albany	42602	Clinton County	Clinton County	No	No	No	No	(606) 387-4673	76	7	10.8	88.2%	60 (78.9%)	14 (18.4%)	2 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								10.0%	5.1%	4.93%
210062000640	10	Ramey-Estep High School	Public		2901 Pigeon Roost Road	Rush	41168	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	No	(606) 928-5801	86	11	8	96.5%	70 (81.4%)	8 (9.3%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.0%)								0.0%	2.1%	2.09%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on K-PREP Mathematics, K-PREP Reading, K-PREP Science, K-PREP Social Studies, K-PREP Writing test scores released by the Kentucky Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kentucky Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.