Summary:
McCreary County has one middle school, McCreary County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 633 students. It is the only school in the area, so there is no local school-to-school comparison. In 2025–26, its proficiency was below Kentucky’s in all 10 reported grade-and-subject results; its equal-weight average was 29%, compared with 42% statewide, a 14-percentage-point shortfall.
There is no separate top- or bottom-ranked school locally: the sole school’s strongest result relative to the state was grade 7 math, at 33% proficient versus 39% statewide, a 6-point gap. Its largest shortfall was grade 6 reading, at 34% versus 54%, or 20 points below the state. Reading was further behind than math overall: the school averaged 31% in reading across grades 6–8, versus 48% statewide, while math averaged 30% versus 40%. These figures suggest the reading gap is the sharper area of concern, even though the school’s average reading score was slightly higher than its math average.
Results were mixed from 2024–25 to 2025–26: grade 8 writing rose 12 points, while grade 7 science fell 9 points, grade 7 math fell 8 points, and reading declined in all three grades. The overall school average slipped about 1 point, leaving its gap with the state nearly unchanged. SchoolDigger’s rating also moved down, from rank 223 of 324, the 31st percentile and 2 stars in 2023–24, to rank 288 of 326, the 12th percentile and 1 star in 2025–26. Context figures include a 15.8 student-teacher ratio and 80% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; chronic absenteeism was 34% in 2025–26 versus 24% statewide, while the reported dropout rate was 0% versus 1% statewide. The data include only one school, so they cannot show how it compares with local peers.
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