Summary:
Zip code 41514 has one middle school, Belfry Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 344 students; the available results compare it with Kentucky and Pike County. The most important finding is that Belfry was above the state in 9 of 10 reported subject-and-grade results in 2025–26, with an average advantage of 4 percentage points across those results.
Belfry’s strongest state comparison was eighth-grade writing: 59% proficient, versus 48% statewide, an 11-point advantage. Its weakest was sixth-grade math, at 33% versus 42%, or 9 points below the state. However, the school’s results were below Pike County’s in 8 of 10 comparisons. The exceptions were seventh-grade math, where Belfry scored 40% versus 48% for the district, and eighth-grade math, where Belfry scored 49% versus 47%. So, while Belfry generally outperformed the state, the district’s reported results were higher in most comparisons.
Belfry’s average across the 10 results fell from 51% in 2024–25 to 47% in 2025–26, a 4-point decrease; the state average fell by 1 point, and Belfry’s lead narrowed from 8 points to 4. The largest declines were in eighth-grade writing (down 21 points, from 80% to 59%) and eighth-grade reading (down 14 points, from 55% to 41%). SchoolDigger’s ranking also edged down, from the 68th percentile in 2023–24 to the 66th in 2025–26; it currently ranks Belfry 111th of 326 Kentucky middle schools and gives it three stars. Other context includes a 16.7:1 student-teacher ratio and 65% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 19% in 2025–26, below the district’s 35% and the state’s 24%.
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