Summary:
ZIP code 40299 has two middle schools in Jefferson County, both serving grades 6–8: Ramsey Middle enrolls 1,151 students, and Carrithers Middle enrolls 545. Reading is a relative bright spot compared with mathematics: across the schools’ grade-level results, the average was 36% in reading and 27% in math, while state averages were 48% and 40%. Most important, both schools scored below the state in every directly comparable 2025–2026 subject-and-grade result.
Ramsey stands out as the stronger overall performer, with higher results in eight of nine comparisons and a 21st-percentile SchoolDigger statewide ranking, versus the 10th percentile for Carrithers. Ramsey’s biggest lead was 12 points in eighth-grade reading, 33% to 21%; Carrithers’ only lead was in sixth-grade reading, 43% to 40%. Even Ramsey’s strongest result, 32% in eighth-grade math, was below the state’s 39%. Carrithers’ eighth-grade writing result is suppressed, so it cannot be compared.
Reading averages improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 at both schools: Ramsey rose from 36% to 38%, and Carrithers from 30% to 33%; the group’s gap from the state narrowed from 15 points to 13. Math was mixed: Ramsey’s three-grade average stayed about 29%, while Carrithers’ fell from 25% to 23%; the group’s gap narrowed from 15 points to 14 as the state average also declined. SchoolDigger’s rankings place both in the lower part of its statewide comparison, though their percentile positions rose since 2023–2024. Ramsey’s student-teacher ratio is 17.6, compared with Carrithers’ 14.2. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 58% at Ramsey and 64% at Carrithers; these are context, not an explanation for test results.
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