Middle · Kentucky

Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School

Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School, a public middle school in Lexington, Kentucky: grades 6–8, 1,125 students, 15.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fayette County.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,125
Teachers (FTE)
75.0
Students per teacher
15.0
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 15.9 · 219 schools compared

More students per teacher than 54% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 98% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 558 · 219 schools compared

Larger than 95% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Kentucky: 48%

71%proficient

+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 47% · 218 middle schools compared

1,096 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kentucky: 42%

71%proficient

+7.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 40% · 217 middle schools compared

1,094 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Rural area near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fayette County.

Location

Address
260 Richardson Place, Lexington, KY 40509
Phone
(859)381-4920
City or town
Lexington-Fayette

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Tates Creek Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–876713.541%36%
Crawford Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–871012.445%31%
Morton Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–860414.361%54%
Southern Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–875913.653%41%
Bryan Station Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–874413.444%35%
6–82848.531%28%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 210186001957