Summary
In Versailles, Kentucky, Woodford County Middle School serves 897 students in grades 6–8; nearby schools range in size from 284 to 1,084 students. Its 2025–26 proficiency results are above state and district averages in every reported subject, but local comparisons show a more varied picture. The main takeaway is that reading and writing stand out most, while Woodford does not lead nearby schools across the board.
Compared with nearby schools, Woodford’s clearest strengths are reading and writing: its grade-averaged results were 59% and 58%, respectively, versus nearby averages of 53% and 48%. In seventh-grade reading, its 66% was the highest reported nearby score; in eighth-grade writing, its 58% was second to Jessie M. Clark Middle School at 62%. Its weakest local comparison was social studies: 44%, below the nearby average of 48%, though above the state’s 39% and the Woodford County district’s 43%. Overall, Woodford was above the state and district in all six subjects, generally by a small margin over the district. Its eighth-grade reading result, 49%, was also a relative dip—17 points below its seventh-grade result.
Results have improved in reading and science since 2022–23, rising 7 and 9 percentage points, while writing fell 6 points and editing and mechanics fell 10. SchoolDigger gives Woodford a 4-star rating and a 76th-percentile ranking, 77th of 326 schools; that is up from the 63rd percentile in 2024–25, but below its 96th-percentile standing in 2018–19. Its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 16.6, among the highest locally, and 44% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves Hispanic students was at the 37th percentile, compared with 76th overall. Its ranking for serving multi-racial students rose sharply, from the 4th percentile in 2024–25 to the 33rd in 2025–26, though it remains well below the overall ranking.
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