Summary:
Zip code 42023 has one middle school, Carlisle County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 159 students. In 2025–2026, the school was above Kentucky’s state results in 8 of 10 subject-and-grade comparisons, tied in one and below in one. Its clearest overall advantage was in mathematics, and it averaged 52% across all 10 results compared with 42% statewide. The most important finding is that the school’s results are substantially above the state overall, especially in math.
Mathematics is the school’s strongest area: its 2025–2026 scores topped the state by 22 points in grade 6 (64% versus 42%), 13 points in grade 7 (52% versus 39%) and 29 points in grade 8 (68% versus 39%). Across those grades, the math average was 61% at the school and 40% statewide, a 21-point advantage. Other strong results were grade 8 editing and mechanics, 15 points above the state (57% versus 42%), and writing, 11 points above (59% versus 48%). The clearest relative weakness was grade 8 social studies, 3 points below the state (36% versus 39%); grade 7 science matched the state at 28%. Reading was more modestly ahead overall: 53% at the school versus 48% statewide.
The school remained above the state on average, but its lead narrowed between the two years reported: the average advantage fell from 16 points in 2024–2025 to 10 points in 2025–2026. The school’s average declined by 7 points, while the state’s fell by 1 point. Changes differed by subject: grade 6 math rose 21 points, while grade 8 social studies fell 28 points. SchoolDigger gave the school four stars in each of its three reported years; its percentile was 81 in 2023–2024, 87 in 2024–2025 and 76 in 2025–2026. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 57%, and the student-teacher ratio was 14.4. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 14%, compared with 18% for the Carlisle County district and 24% statewide.
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