Summary
Louisa Middle School serves 384 students in grades 6–8 in Louisa, Kentucky; the only nearby school in this comparison is Martin County Middle School, which serves grades 7–8. The most important finding is a sharp grade-level divide: in 2025–26, sixth graders were above state proficiency in math (53% vs. 42%) and reading (60% vs. 54%), while seventh- and eighth-grade results were generally below state and district levels. For grades 7–8 combined, math averaged 28% proficient and reading 34%—each 12 points below the state.
Louisa generally led Martin County on comparable test results, but that local advantage does not mean results are strong statewide. Louisa was higher in six of seven available grade-and-subject comparisons; the exception was seventh-grade reading, where it had 33% proficient versus Martin County’s 40%. Eighth-grade writing is a relative strength: 51% proficient, compared with 48% statewide and 34% at Martin County, though it was 2 points below Lawrence County. Editing and mechanics was weaker at 34%, below the state’s 42% and district’s 36%; seventh-grade science was also below both, at 21% versus 28% statewide and 27% districtwide.
Results over time are mixed: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, eighth-grade editing and mechanics fell 26 points, while social studies rose 8 points; math and reading averages changed little. SchoolDigger ranked Louisa 216th of 326 schools, at the 34th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–26—up from the 27th percentile the prior year, but below its 48th-percentile standing in 2021–22. In 2024–25, its student-teacher ratio was 16, compared with 17.4 at Martin County, and 63% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, versus 71% there. Chronic absenteeism was 36%, above the state’s 24% and district’s 30%. SchoolDigger’s homeless-student ranking was at the 58th percentile in 2025–26, compared with 34th overall, suggesting stronger measured results for this group; that ranking included only 19 schools. Its Special Education Students ranking reached the 64th percentile in 2023–24, compared with 36th overall that year, also indicating stronger measured results for that group.
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