Middle Schools in Pike County

Pike County has one middle school, Belfry Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 344 students. Because only one school is listed, there is no school-to-school comparison of leaders and trailers. In 2025–2026, Belfry scored above the state in 9 of 10 matched grade-and-subject results, making its broadest positive finding a strong majority of results above state proficiency levels.

Belfry’s strongest state comparison was grade 8 writing: 59% proficient, compared with 48% statewide, an 11-point advantage. It also led by 10 points in grade 8 mathematics (49% versus 39%). Its weakest comparison was grade 6 mathematics, where 33% were proficient, 9 points below the state’s 42%. Compared with the Pike County district, Belfry was higher only in grade 8 mathematics, by 2 points (49% versus 47%), and was below the district in the other nine matched results.

Belfry’s relative advantage over the state narrowed between the two reported years: its average lead across the 10 comparisons went from about 8 points in 2024–2025 to about 4 points in 2025–2026, a 3-point reduction. Grade 8 writing fell from 80% to 59%, while grade 6 reading improved from 50% to 58%. SchoolDigger gives Belfry 3 stars and ranks it 111th of 326 Kentucky middle schools in 2025–2026; its rank was 103rd of 324 in 2023–2024, while its percentile declined from 68th to 66th. The reported student–teacher ratio was 16.7 to 1 in 2024–2025, and 65% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these describe school context, not causes of results. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 19% at Belfry, compared with 24% statewide and 35% in the district.