Summary:
There is only one middle school located in Pike County, Kentucky - Belfry Middle School. This school serves grades 6-8 and has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past few years, ranking between 103-126 out of 320-327 Kentucky middle schools.
Belfry Middle School has a relatively low dropout rate of 1.1% for the 2024-2025 school year, but a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.0% for the same year. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in mathematics are generally lower than the Pike County and Kentucky averages, while its reading proficiency rates are more mixed, with 6th and 7th-grade students performing better than the county and state averages, but 8th-grade students performing slightly worse.
The school faces some socioeconomic challenges, with 68.06% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. However, the school's per-student spending of $15,894 and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.8 suggest that resources are being allocated efficiently. Overall, Belfry Middle School has a mix of strengths and areas for improvement, and addressing the high chronic absenteeism and uneven academic performance across subjects and grades could be key focus areas for the school.
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