Summary:
Zip code 42024 has one middle school, Ballard County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 202 students. With no other middle school in the area, families can compare its results with Kentucky’s rather than with a local school peer. Most importantly, in 2025–2026 the school was above the state in 7 of 10 reported grade-subject results, with an overall average of 49% proficient compared with 42% statewide—a 6-point lead.
The strongest results were concentrated in particular grades and subjects, rather than being consistent across the board. The biggest advantage was in 8th-grade Editing and Mechanics, where 62% were proficient compared with 42% statewide, a 20-point lead; 7th-grade Reading also stood out at 66% versus 50%, a 16-point lead. The clearest result below the state was 8th-grade Social Studies: 35% versus 39%, a 4-point deficit. Other results show why grade and subject matter: 6th-grade Mathematics was 8 points above the state, while 6th-grade Reading was 1 point below; 8th-grade Mathematics was close to the state, at 38% versus 39%.
Results declined year over year, and the school’s lead over the state narrowed across nine comparable results: its average fell from 60% in 2024–2025 to 51% in 2025–2026, a 10-point drop, while the state average fell from 45% to 44%. Ballard County Middle School also moved from 35th of 320 schools, at the 89th percentile in SchoolDigger’s 2024–2025 ranking, to 95th of 326, at the 71st percentile in 2025–2026. As context, in 2024–2025 it had a 14.7:1 student-teacher ratio, and 51% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Because only one school is included, there is no local school-to-school comparison; year-to-year results also do not represent the same students.
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