Summary:
The middle-school data for Paducah Independent cover one school, Paducah Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 632 students. In 2025–2026, it was above Kentucky in five of 10 reported grade-and-subject results and below in five; its simple average across those results was 40%, compared with 42% statewide. The most important finding is the uneven subject performance: grade-8 writing was 11 points below the state, while grade-7 science was 3 points above.
There are no separate top- and bottom-ranked schools to compare because Paducah Middle School is the only school listed. Within its results, grade-6 reading was highest at 52%, and grade-7 science was lowest at 31%. Reading averaged 48% across grades 6–8, matching the state average; math averaged 38%, 2 points below the state, with the shortfall concentrated in grade 6. The school was 1–2 points above the district in all 10 reported results.
The school’s simple average moved closer to the state’s over the past year: it rose from 39% in 2024–2025 to 40% in 2025–2026, while the state average fell from 43% to 42%. The average gap narrowed by 2 points, though grade-8 writing moved the other way, falling from 4 points below the state to 11 points below. SchoolDigger ranked the school 189th of 326 statewide in 2025–2026, at the 42nd percentile with 2 stars; in 2024–2025, it ranked 214th of 320 at the 33rd percentile. In 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 15.2, and 61% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures describe the school’s context but do not provide a basis for comparing schools in the area.
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