Eastside Middle School, Mount Washington KY

Original Research by School Decision on Eastside Middle School

Eastside Middle School serves students in sixth through eighth grade in Mount Washington, Kentucky, a fast-growing commuter town southeast of Louisville. The school sits within the Bullitt County district. To understand the setting, it helps to know that Mount Washington has expanded rapidly over several decades, driven by its proximity to Louisville, and has continued to add school infrastructure to keep up. A new elementary school is under construction, and the city already supports two middle schools. Eastside is one of them.

The student body at Eastside Middle School is predominantly white, a characteristic of the community's demographics more than a reflection of program offerings or admissions criteria. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a marker of economic need but well below what many schools in the region report. There is no available data on the share of students with Individualized Education Programs or English learner status, so a parent who wants a full picture of special education or language support services would need to ask the school directly.

On state assessments, which test math, English language arts, science, and social studies, the numbers tell a mixed story and one that varies noticeably by grade. In sixth grade, a majority of students met proficiency standards in both math and reading. Seventh grade results were lower. Eighth grade results were lower still, and by that point fewer than half of students were proficient in math or reading. Science, tested only in seventh grade, posted the lowest proficiency reading of any subject across the school. Eighth grade social studies came in moderately higher than eighth grade math but still below a majority. No other data points were available for these subjects or grades; the results stand alone without context for change over time or fully reported participation rates. A parent may want to examine how the school supports students as they move through the middle grades, especially in mathematics, where the drop across grade levels is the most pronounced.

Because Eastside serves only middle school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. No information was available on discipline practices, chronic absenteeism, or course access, so those are gaps that interested families should fill by reaching out. The district itself does not appear to have undergone any high-profile changes recently.

The housing market in the Mount Washington area reflects the broader Louisville commuter corridor. Home values are above the state median, and the market has seen modest appreciation. The typical mortgage payment on a median-priced home in the area is estimated to be comparable to or modestly higher than the average rent, suggesting that buying and renting are both viable options depending on a family's situation.

For a family considering Eastside Middle School, the essential character is that of a suburban middle school in a fast-growing district with a largely homogeneous student population and uneven academic results that sag meaningfully by the end of eighth grade. The school does not appear to have unusual program offerings or a specialized focus. A parent whose priority is a school that maintains strong proficiency across the middle grades may want to look closely at the eighth-grade outcomes and ask what instruction and intervention look like for older middle school students.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 43% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 36% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 34% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 49% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 38% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 33% · ▲ 9 pts above district

even with state median

Science

Grade 729%

School 29% · District 23% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 31% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

This schoolBullitt County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income47%Higher-income65%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income42%Higher-income56%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income32%Higher-income45%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income40%Higher-income70%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income55%Higher-income51%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income30%Higher-income47%17 pp gap