Summary:
ZIP code 40509 has one middle school, Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 1,125 students. There are no other schools in this list to compare with it. The clearest finding is that its 2025–2026 proficiency results exceeded state results in all ten listed subject-and-grade comparisons, with an overall school–state gap of 25 percentage points.
Because it is the only school listed, it is neither a within-area leader nor a trailer; its strongest results are relative to the state. Grade 8 writing stands out most: 80% proficient, compared with 48% statewide, a 32-point lead. Math averaged 69% across grades 6–8, versus 40% statewide, and reading averaged 73%, versus 48%. The narrowest lead was in grade 8 editing and mechanics, where 59% were proficient compared with 42% statewide, a 17-point gap. SchoolDigger ranked the school 8th of 326 Kentucky middle schools in 2025–2026, at the 98th percentile.
Results shifted in different directions over the two years reported, while the overall lead over the state remained steady. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, grade 7 science rose 8 points, while editing and mechanics fell 10 points; math fell 6 points, writing 2, and social studies 5, while reading rose 1 point. The overall school average declined 1 point, as did the state average, leaving the gap at 25 points. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 15:1 in 2024–2025, and 32% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 18% in 2025–2026, compared with 25% in Fayette County and 24% statewide. These figures describe the school; this one-school list cannot show how they compare with similar schools.
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