Summary:
ZIP code 42167 has one middle school, Monroe County Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 399 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency results were mixed: it exceeded Kentucky in two of 10 listed subject-grade results and fell below in the other eight. The most important concern is 7th-grade math, where 29% were proficient, 10 percentage points below the state’s 39%.
Because it is the only school listed, Monroe County Middle is both the area’s highest- and lowest-listed school, not evidence that it leads or trails other schools. Its strongest result against the state was 8th-grade Editing and Mechanics: 47% proficient versus 42%, a 5-point advantage. Its weakest was 7th-grade math, 10 points below the state; 8th-grade reading and writing were each 9 points below, and 7th-grade science was 8 points below. Among the 10 results, the school averaged 39% proficient compared with 42% statewide, a 3-point shortfall.
Across the 10 matched results, the average gap narrowed by about 1 point from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but changes varied by subject: 8th-grade writing rose 7 points to 39%, while 7th-grade science fell 11 points to 20%. Editing and Mechanics remained at 47%, even as the state result declined from 49% to 42%. SchoolDigger rated the school 2 stars in both years, ranking it 202nd of 326 in 2025–2026, compared with 213th of 320 the previous year. Other context includes a 17.9:1 student-teacher ratio and 70% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025; neither measure, on its own, explains the test results.
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