Jessie M Clark Middle School

Public 6-8

 3341 Clays Mill Rd
       Lexington, KY  40503-3466


(859) 381-3036

District: Fayette County

SchoolDigger Rank:
27th of 327 Kentucky Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,326 Help


Students who attend Jessie M Clark Middle School usually attend:

High:    Lafayette High School

Feeder schools for Jessie M Clark Middle School:

Elementary:    Clays Mill Elementary School
    Stonewall Elementary School
    Wellington Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  15.0 Help
Number of students:  1,044

Racial breakdown:

White:
68.7%
African American:
9.6%
Hispanic:
8.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  34% Help


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Compare Details Jessie M Clark Middle School ranks better than 91.7% of middle schools in Kentucky. It also ranks 3rd among 12 ranked middle schools in the Fayette County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (68.7%), African American (9.6%), Hispanic (8.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 34% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jessie M Clark Middle School is 15. 9 middle schools in the Fayette County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jessie M Clark Middle School is $13,326. 10 middle schools in the Fayette County School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Jessie M Clark Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Jessie M Clark Middle School 27th of 327 Kentucky public middle schools. (See Jessie M Clark Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Fayette County:

SchoolDigger ranks Fayette County 70th of 160 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Jessie M Clark Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 85.05 29th 284 89.8%
2008 86.03 26th 287 90.9%
2009 90.27 13th 289 95.5%
2010 90.59 11th 299 96.3%
2011 85.96 20th 304 93.4%
2012 81.86 29th 319 90.9%
2013 80.29 34th 335 89.9%
2014 81.69 27th 335 91.9%
2015 79.02 38th 337 88.7%
2016 76.99 37th 331 88.8%
2017 80.26 30th 330 90.9%
2018 77.38 41st 322 87.3%
2019 79.82 40th 335 88.1%
2021 71.12 49th 282 82.6%
2022 82.84 31st 320 90.3%
2023 85.00 27th 327 91.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 73.62 11th 98 88.8%
2023 60.76 29th 95 69.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.63 5th 35 85.7%
2019 65.07 5th 38 86.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 78.74 40th 294 86.4%
2023 40.93 61st 124 50.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.67 78th 285 72.6%
2019 69.02 55th 303 81.8%
2021 40.66 119th 224 46.9%
2022 66.65 73rd 310 76.5%
2023 63.07 87th 309 71.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.39 44th 290 84.8%
2019 73.47 56th 299 81.3%
2021 64.99 51st 233 78.1%
2022 81.98 30th 299 90.0%
2023 82.03 24th 295 91.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.14 98th 219 55.3%
2019 42.73 104th 226 54.0%
2022 24.24 97th 111 12.6%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.22 51st 63 19.0%
2019 46.70 46th 62 25.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.32 45th 293 84.6%
2019 82.89 20th 303 93.4%
2021 66.82 48th 222 78.4%
2022 78.18 39th 304 87.2%
2023 84.35 23rd 307 92.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.15 18th 35 48.6%
2019 48.95 12th 23 47.8%
2022 59.82 11th 23 52.2%
2023 80.07 3rd 24 87.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.35 27th 96 71.9%
2019 74.81 14th 96 85.4%
2022 72.63 19th 84 77.4%
2023 63.83 24th 79 69.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.00 19th 116 83.6%
2019 65.47 28th 120 76.7%
2021 64.14 5th 20 75.0%
2022 66.18 35th 120 70.8%
2023 74.85 21st 119 82.4%
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Rank History for White students at Jessie M Clark Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.81 29th 253 88.5%
2019 80.73 31st 266 88.3%
2021 69.95 38th 213 82.2%
2022 84.38 29th 314 90.8%
2023 86.30 28th 320 91.3%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Kentucky Department of Education

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by a parent
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Open Quote Toxic environment. Teachers are trying but principal is an utter failure. Fights in the halls on a regular basis. Bullying not taken seriously. This was once a flagship school for Lexington. No more. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Jessie M Clark Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 591 8 9 3 4 n/a n/a 0 615
1989 590 8 3 0 0 n/a n/a 0 601
1990 620 10 7 3 2 n/a n/a 0 642
1991 694 143 4 2 1 n/a n/a 0 844
1992 614 156 8 5 1 n/a n/a 0 784
1993 670 149 8 8 2 n/a n/a 0 837
1994 666 170 11 3 0 n/a n/a 0 850
1995 647 163 7 1 1 n/a n/a 0 819
1996 647 163 7 1 1 n/a n/a 0 819
1997 749 135 5 2 1 n/a n/a 0 892
1998 759 128 6 1 3 n/a n/a 5 902
1999 701 104 0 5 1 n/a n/a 8 819
2000 656 124 0 3 1 n/a n/a 5 789
2001 604 105 1 5 1 n/a n/a 2 718
2002 625 67 9 4 0 n/a n/a 0 705
2003 625 67 9 4 0 n/a n/a 0 705
2004 746 92 11 13 0 n/a n/a 0 862
2005 728 57 25 11 1 n/a n/a 0 822
2006 746 47 27 15 0 n/a n/a 0 835
2007 768 53 27 23 0 n/a n/a 15 886
2008 765 62 25 31 0 n/a n/a 23 906
2009 740 63 29 30 1 n/a n/a 23 886
2010 749 56 36 36 1 n/a n/a 22 900
2011 729 54 38 40 2 1 20 0 884
2012 723 54 32 36 2 1 22 0 870
2013 716 58 42 45 1 1 29 0 892
2014 722 60 49 48 0 1 30 0 910
2015 732 58 58 53 1 2 29 0 933
2016 725 65 61 54 1 2 33 0 941
2017 780 70 65 60 1 1 32 0 1009
2018 780 93 78 77 2 0 31 0 1061
2019 801 85 78 91 3 0 48 0 1106
2020 821 102 79 110 3 0 72 0 1187
2021 786 89 61 111 2 0 74 0 1123
2022 754 99 62 94 1 0 73 0 1083
2023 717 100 64 88 2 0 73 0 1044

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Jessie M Clark Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 615 40.7 15.1 n/a
1989 601 39.1 15.3 n/a
1990 642 38.1 16.8 n/a
1991 844 52.2 16.1 n/a
1992 784 54.2 14.4 n/a
1993 837 53.5 15.6 n/a
1994 850 56.3 15.1 n/a
1995 819 54.9 14.9 n/a
1996 819 54.9 14.9 n/a
1997 892 56.7 15.7 21.7
1998 902 58.1 15.5 21.4
1999 819 56.5 14.5 27.9
2000 789 55.9 14.1 28.1
2001 718 48.5 14.8 23.9
2002 705 51.0 13.8 31.5
2003 705 51.0 13.8 31.5
2004 862 61.8 13.9 n/a
2005 822 57.3 14.3 n/a
2006 835 58.6 14.2 24.8
2007 886 59.0 15.0 23.1
2008 906 60.1 15.1 25.8
2009 886 59.5 14.9 25.4
2010 900 50.0 18.0 29.3
2011 884 62.1 14.2 28.5
2012 870 62.0 14.0 29.9
2013 892 63.3 14.0 31.2
2014 910 63.1 14.4 31.5
2015 933 63.0 14.8 33
2016 941 62.0 15.1 35.8
2017 1009 66.3 15.2 35.1
2018 1061 68.5 15.4 38.5
2019 1106 68.4 16.1 37.4
2020 1187 70.5 16.8 35.6
2021 1123 72.4 15.5 40.2
2022 1083 71.6 15.1 34.8
2023 1044 69.1 15.0 34

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Jessie M Clark Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 615 40.7 15.1 n/a
1989 601 39.1 15.3 n/a
1990 642 38.1 16.8 n/a
1991 844 52.2 16.1 n/a
1992 784 54.2 14.4 n/a
1993 837 53.5 15.6 n/a
1994 850 56.3 15.1 n/a
1995 819 54.9 14.9 n/a
1996 819 54.9 14.9 n/a
1997 892 56.7 15.7 21.7
1998 902 58.1 15.5 21.4
1999 819 56.5 14.5 27.9
2000 789 55.9 14.1 28.1
2001 718 48.5 14.8 23.9
2002 705 51.0 13.8 31.5
2003 705 51.0 13.8 31.5
2004 862 61.8 13.9 n/a
2005 822 57.3 14.3 n/a
2006 835 58.6 14.2 24.8
2007 886 59.0 15.0 23.1
2008 906 60.1 15.1 25.8
2009 886 59.5 14.9 25.4
2010 900 50.0 18.0 29.3
2011 884 62.1 14.2 28.5
2012 870 62.0 14.0 29.9
2013 892 63.3 14.0 31.2
2014 910 63.1 14.4 31.5
2015 933 63.0 14.8 33
2016 941 62.0 15.1 35.8
2017 1009 66.3 15.2 35.1
2018 1061 68.5 15.4 38.5
2019 1106 68.4 16.1 37.4
2020 1187 70.5 16.8 35.6
2021 1123 72.4 15.5 40.2
2022 1083 71.6 15.1 34.8
2023 1044 69.1 15.0 34

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Jessie M Clark Middle School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $149 (1.1%) $102 (0.7%) $251 (1.8%) $10,416 (74.9%) $1,680 (12.1%) $12,096 (86.9%) $13,914
2019 $170 (1.3%) $109 (0.8%) $276 (2.1%) $10,026 (75.2%) $1,579 (11.8%) $11,604 (87.1%) $13,326

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Jessie M Clark Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 40th of 335 Middle schoolsRanks 27th of 327 Middle schools
 3.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students11061044
 5.6%
African American85100
 17.6%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian7864
 17.9%
Hispanic9188
 3.3%
Pacific Islander00
White801717
 10.5%
Two or More Races4873
 52.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients37.4%34%
 3.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Jessie M Clark Middle School

Students who attend Jessie M Clark Middle School usually go on to attend Lafayette High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,044 students attended Jessie M Clark Middle School.

Students at Jessie M Clark Middle School are 69% White, 10% African American, 8% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

Yes. Jessie M Clark Middle School ranks in the top 8.3% of Kentucky middle schools.


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