The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in English language arts. The lowest is 34% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Rev. Henry E. Baker Sr. Interm. School
Rev. Henry E. Baker Sr. Intermediate School sits in Winchester, the Clark County seat roughly midway between Lexington and Mt. Sterling in a region that blends small-city historic character with manufacturing and distribution employment. The school serves only fifth and sixth graders, a two-year bridge between elementary and middle school that shapes what a family can expect here. There is no high school graduation rate because the building does not serve high school grades, and no data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was available, so those pieces of the picture are missing.
The student body is predominantly white and economically diverse. A substantial share of the roughly seven hundred students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers no magnet or charter designation and is not listed as a Title I school, though the economic profile of the enrollment is one a parent would want to understand directly from the district.
State testing results from the most recent school year show a varied picture across subjects and grades. In math, just under half of fifth graders and a similar share of sixth graders scored proficient or above, with sixth graders at a slightly higher level. In English language arts, sixth graders performed markedly higher than fifth graders, with the majority of sixth graders reaching proficiency while fifth graders were below that threshold. Social studies was tested only in fifth grade, where about a third of students scored proficient or above. These are point-in-time results on the Kentucky Summative Assessment, and a parent may want to ask the school about academic supports, particularly in fifth-grade literacy and math, and in social studies across the board. The comparison set for this school was too small to place it relative to other districts in Clark County, which has only one district, so there is no local benchmark.
The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes in Clark County schools, so a family looking for signals about upcoming shifts in curriculum, boundaries, or leadership will need to check directly with the district office.
Winchester itself is a slow-growing community in the Lexington metropolitan area. Housing values are moderate compared to national averages, and rents have risen in the past year. The city has a historic downtown, a handful of large employers led by pharmaceutical and manufacturing firms, and access to Interstate 64. For a family considering this school, the relevant question is less about competitive positioning and more about fit. Baker Intermediate is a regular public school in a single-district county where the next step after sixth grade is presumably a middle school within the same system. The academic numbers suggest a school where a meaningful share of students meet state benchmarks, with room for growth in early literacy and in social studies. Parents would do well to ask about how the school addresses the dip in fifth-grade performance and what intervention or enrichment structures are in place for the two grades it houses.
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