Menifee Central School

Menifee Central School in Frenchburg serves 548 students in kindergarten through grade 7. Its latest Kentucky assessment results show below-state proficiency in every reported subject and grade, and results are generally below those of nearby schools serving the same grades. The main concern is consistently low proficiency across subjects, not a weakness limited to one area.

Reading is the school’s strongest subject relative to the state, but it still falls short: the 2025–26 average across grades 3–7 was 36%, compared with 51% statewide. Writing is weakest: fifth-grade proficiency was 6%, versus 35% statewide. Menifee also trailed nearby-school averages in several grades—for example, fourth-grade math was 19%, compared with an average of 40% nearby, and fourth-grade science was 20%, compared with 37%. Results generally matched those of Menifee County; exceptions included sixth-grade math, at 30% for the school and 29% for the district, and seventh-grade science, at 19% and 18%, respectively. Nearby averages vary by the schools with results, and comparisons in grades 6 and 7 are more limited because many nearby schools serve only through grade 5.

Reading has improved modestly over time, while other subjects show setbacks: the grades 3–7 reading average rose from 32% in 2022–23 to 36% in 2025–26, but fifth-grade writing fell from 50% to 6%. SchoolDigger places Menifee at the 10th statewide percentile, with 0 stars, down from the 15th percentile in each of the three prior years; it ranks below nearby Crossroads Elementary School, at the 25th percentile. Menifee’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 14.9, tied with Morgan Central and higher than most nearby schools. In 2024–25, 75% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, around the middle of nearby schools reporting that measure. Chronic absenteeism was 28% in 2025–26, compared with 24% statewide and 27% districtwide.