Summary:
Three middle schools in Georgetown’s 40324 ZIP code serve grades 6–8: Scott County Middle School, Royal Spring Middle School and Georgetown Middle School. In 2025–2026, their average across the ten reported grade-and-subject results was 49%, compared with 42% for the state. That area-wide average masks a substantial difference between schools: Scott County Middle School averaged 24 percentage points higher than Georgetown Middle School.
Scott County Middle School is the broad academic leader, with the highest score in seven of ten comparisons and a tie for the lead in another; its average was 61%, and it scored 81% in grade 8 writing. Royal Spring Middle School averaged 49% and led in grade 6 math (48%) and reading (66%), while tying Scott in grade 7 reading. Georgetown Middle School had the lowest score in all ten comparisons and averaged 37%; it was below the state in eight, though it exceeded the state in grade 7 reading and science.
Results changed unevenly over the two years: Scott’s average fell 3 percentage points, Royal Spring’s was essentially unchanged (up less than 1 point), and Georgetown’s fell 6 points. SchoolDigger ranks Scott 28th of 326 Kentucky middle schools with 5 stars, Royal Spring 86th with 4 stars, and Georgetown 218th with 2 stars. School size and income measures do not follow the same pattern as test averages: Scott has the highest student-teacher ratio (17.1) but the highest average, while Georgetown has the lowest ratio (13.9) and lowest average. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 53% at Scott, 43% at Royal Spring and 55% at Georgetown; these are context, not evidence of what caused the results.
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