Southern Middle School

Southern Middle School

Public Middle School | Grade 6-8
400 Wilson Downing Rd,  Lexington, KY
Fayette County Public Schools
3.3
772 Students
B
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Kevin Payne
Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Math Proficiency
34%
Reading Proficiency
42%

Niche Grade

B-
Academics
A-
Teachers
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Reading Proficiency
42%
Math Proficiency
34%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Teachers
56
Full Time Teachers
56
Teachers in First or Second Year
13.9%

GreatSchools Rating

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GreatSchools Rating
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
301:1

Student Diversity

Male
52.2%
Female
47.8%
White
49.2%
Black
27.3%
Hispanic
13.7%
Two or more races
6.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander
3.1%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

GreatSchools Reviews
3.3 3 Reviews
5.0 parent
1/9/2020
Great school my kids love it. Big improvement from where they were.
4.0 parent
7/26/2019
SMS has an amazing, unified leadership team that is continually striving for improvement academically and behaviorally. They are drawing some of the best teachers in the district because of the culture at SMS that they foster. Much time is devoted to figuring out how to reach EVERY student front the...
1.0 parent
11/13/2016
The is a generally low end school with apathetic teachers, and clueless leadership. Teachers mostly are older and burned out. Ive had two children here and thankfully leaving this next year. Have been through 3 principals in 5 yrs. Constantly yearly very low State standards test scores. Avoid at all...

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