Middle · Kentucky

James D. Adams Middle School

Free meals for all

James D. Adams Middle School, a public middle school in Prestonsburg, Kentucky: grades 6–8, 311 students, 15.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Floyd 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
311
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
15.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 15.9 · 219 schools compared

More students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 83% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 558 · 219 schools compared

Smaller than 74% 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%

38%proficient

+9.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 47% · 218 middle schools compared

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

Math

Kentucky: 42%

25%proficient

+6.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 40% · 217 middle schools compared

303 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
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote town

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

Location

Address
2520 S Lake Dr, Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Phone
(606)886-2671
City or town
Prestonsburg

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
7–844911.351%56%
7–826011.332%19%
Martin County Middle SchoolFree meals for all
7–826217.542%30%

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 210195001670