Summary:
ZIP code 40380 has one middle school, Powell County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 418 students. With no other middle schools listed, it is not possible to compare schools in the ZIP code. The most important finding is that the school’s proficiency results were below Kentucky’s in all 10 reported subject-and-grade comparisons in 2025–2026.
Within the school, sixth-grade reading was the strongest listed result at 41%, while seventh-grade science was the lowest at 15%. Compared with the state, eighth-grade social studies was closest, at 30% versus 39%—a 9-point gap. Seventh-grade reading was farthest behind among the examples, at 25% versus 50%, a 25-point gap. These are subject-and-grade highs and lows, not a ranking of schools.
Results improved overall, though not in every subject. Proficiency rose in 7 of 10 matching results from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026; the school’s unweighted average increased from 24% to 28%, while the state average fell from 43% to 42%. The average school–state gap narrowed by 5 points, from 19 to 15 points. Eighth-grade writing rose from 20% to 32%, while eighth-grade editing and mechanics fell from 37% to 27%. SchoolDigger’s percentile moved from 5th in 2023–2024 and 4th in 2024–2025 to 11th in 2025–2026; its latest listing is 291st of 326 schools with one star, compared with 307th of 324 and zero stars in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism was 39% in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide. For context, the school reported a student-teacher ratio of 17.6 and 66% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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