Summary:
Caverna Middle School is the only middle school in Caverna Independent, serving grades 6–8 and 115 students. With no other school in the area to compare, the clearest reference is Kentucky’s results for the same subjects and grades. The most important finding for families is that the school’s results vary sharply by grade and subject, rather than being consistently strong or weak.
Grade 7 Reading stands out at the top: 56% of students were proficient, 6 points above the state’s 50%. Grade 7 Mathematics was also close to the state, at 38% versus 39%. The weakest result was Grade 6 Mathematics, with 19% proficient compared with 42% statewide, a 23-point gap; Grade 6 Reading was 28% versus 54%, 26 points below the state. Across grades 6–8, Reading averaged 35% at the school and 48% statewide, a 13-point difference. Mathematics averaged 29% versus 41% for the grades with reported school results.
Changes from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 were mixed: Grade 7 Reading rose from 30% to 56%, improving its position against the state by 24 points, while Grade 6 Mathematics fell from 46% to 19%, moving 28 points farther behind. Across seven results reported in both years, the school’s gap from the state widened by an average of about 2 points. SchoolDigger rated the school 273rd of 326 schools, in the 16th percentile, with 1 star in 2025–2026; its percentile had risen from 11th in 2023–2024 to 21st in 2024–2025 before falling. In 2024–2025, 68% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.2:1. These figures describe the school’s context, not the cause of its results. Grade 8 Mathematics and Grade 7 Science results for 2025–2026 are suppressed, and there is no second school for an area-wide comparison.
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