Middle · Kentucky

Northern Middle School

Free meals for all

Northern Middle School, a public middle school in Somerset, Kentucky: grades 6–8, 797 students, 17.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pulaski 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
797
Teachers (FTE)
46.0
Students per teacher
17.3
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 15.9 · 219 schools compared

More students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 84% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 558 · 219 schools compared

Larger than 78% 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%

60%proficient

+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 47% · 218 middle schools compared

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

Math

Kentucky: 42%

50%proficient

+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 73% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 40% · 217 middle schools compared

776 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 Pulaski County.

Location

Address
650 Oak Leaf Lane, Somerset, KY 42503
Phone
(606)678-5230
City or town
Somerset

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Meece Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–848614.350%44%
Southern Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–887119.863%53%
6–860014.850%39%
Casey County Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–849714.335%26%
Wayne County Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–864616.232%31%

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 210495001573