Summary:
ZIP code 42129 has one middle school, Metcalfe County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 310 students. With only one school listed, families have no local middle-school options to compare in this data. The clearest academic concern is mathematics: the school scored below the state in all three tested grades in 2025–2026.
No school stands out above or below another because Metcalfe County Middle School is the only school in the list. Within the school, grade 8 Social Studies and Editing and Mechanics were relative strengths, at 44% versus 39% statewide (+5 points) and 48% versus 42% (+6 points). Math was the clearest weakness: grade 6 was 30% versus 42%, grade 7 was 27% versus 39% (12 points below the state in both), and grade 8 was 33% versus 39% (6 points below). Across the 10 reported grade-and-subject results, the school’s average was 38%, compared with 42% statewide.
Results show improvement in several areas, but not across the board. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, grade 8 proficiency rose by 9 points in Math, Reading, and Writing, 10 points in Social Studies, and 6 points in Editing and Mechanics; grade 7 Science fell from 34% to 25%. Across the 10 reported results, the school’s average rose from 36% to 38%, while the state average shifted from 43% to 42%. Separately, SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking rose from the 18th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 38th in 2025–2026, and its rating increased from 1 star to 2 stars. As context, the school reported 77% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025 and a student–teacher ratio of 16.3:1 that year. There is no school-to-school comparison available in this ZIP code.
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