Madison County Schools Ranks in the Top 20% of KY School Districts, Second Among the 10 Largest Districts

The Madison County School District brought in some impressive scores from 2024-2025 assessments - placing them in the top 20% of KY school districts. They also rated second among the 10 largest districts in the commonwealth. 
Chief Academic Officer James Ray and District Assessment Coordinator Steve Case broke down the data from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) during the Oct. 15 meeting of the Madison County School Board. 
"We're doing really well... A lot of celebrations going out across the district in schools. Just really proud of the work our students have done," Ray said. 

KDE uses a color-coded system to rate each school district and school's performance. Red means a very low performance, orange is a low performance, yellow is a medium performance, green is a high performance, and blue is a very high performance. Madison County performed above the state average on every level. High schools and middle schools received a green (high) performance rating, with respective average scores of 79.8 and 70.4., while elementary schools received a yellow (medium) rating and a score of 68.5. 

On an individual level, here's how each school was rated. 

"When you talk about us as a district overall, the state only gives district scores for the different levels... So what we did was took what might be called the inflated scores... and made them their actual score for all three levels - elementary, middle, and high - and did that for every district across the state. And then just averaged the three," Case said. 

Through that method, Madison County scored a 72.5. When that method was applied to every district in the state, Madison County ranks 24 out of all 172 Kentucky school districts. That's a small improvement from last year, which saw Madison County at 28 out of 172. 

"That's actually second amongst the 10th highest enrollment of districts across the state - the 10 largest districts," Case said. 
 

The school board was excited about the results and praised Case and Ray for their work breaking down the data. Board member Beth Brock said that she likes to look at the trends shown in that data.

"I do look at these tests as not necessarily how we do each year, but it's the trends. That's what we want to see. Raw data helps us identify what direction the district is moving in over time. And that is the most positive thing, and it's so encouraging to see that," Brock said.
"We want to see where we're moving. And we're moving forward. And we're doing it ahead of state averages, and it's just great." 

 

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