Turkey Foot Middle School, Edgewood KY

Original Research by School Decision on Turkey Foot Middle School

Turkey Foot Middle School serves sixth through eighth graders in Edgewood, a suburban residential city in Kenton County, Northern Kentucky. The school sits within the Kenton County School District, which has made a series of recent investments that affect the middle school experience: a new digital fabrication lab was installed at Turkey Foot itself, the district adopted a strategic plan built around a Portrait of a Graduate framework emphasizing skills like collaboration and critical thinking, and a district-wide cell phone restriction took effect for the school year. For a family looking at this school, those changes set a directional tone even before you look at test results.

The student body is large for a middle school, drawing from Edgewood’s primarily single-family-home neighborhoods. White students make up a strong majority, with Hispanic and Asian students each forming a notable share, and smaller groups of Black, multiracial, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. About half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a proportion that positions the school in the middle range economically for the area.

On state assessments, Turkey Foot’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint when compared with other schools in Kenton County. That is a solid result in a county with several districts, and it suggests the school’s academic floor is reasonably sturdy. But the pattern by grade and subject matters. Seventh graders hit a higher mark in both math and reading than sixth or eighth graders do. Eighth grade shows the lowest proficiency rates in math and reading, and eighth-grade social studies and seventh-grade science both land at roughly the same modest level. A parent might want to ask how the school supports the transition to eighth grade and whether the drop-off in that year is an acknowledged focus.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate or chronic absenteeism data to examine. No program offerings such as gifted, arts, or career pathways were available in the provided information. A family looking for specific middle school electives or specialized tracks would need to check with the school directly.

Edgewood shapes the daily context. It is a low-density suburb with tree-lined streets, three parks within walking distance of most homes, and no traditional downtown. St. Elizabeth Medical Center is the largest employer in the city. Housing values are above the state median and close to the national median, with typical rents slightly above the national benchmark. The city’s population grew rapidly through the 1960s and 1970s but has since plateaued, and the area appears largely built out. Families moving here are choosing an established, quiet suburban setting with stable property values rather than a fast-growing frontier.

The Kenton County district has also raised property taxes recently to fund facilities upgrades and strategic programs, a factor for homeowners to weigh. The digital fabrication lab at Turkey Foot is a concrete example of where that money goes, and the new cell phone policy signals an effort to limit in-class distractions.

Turkey Foot Middle School offers a mix that will suit many families: a middle-of-the-road economic profile, proficiency numbers that are solid for the county but not top-tier, and a suburban environment with good parks and a hospital nearby. The weaker spots in eighth-grade and science/social studies results are worth a conversation with the school, but the overall picture is that the school holds its own among its Kenton County peers and is backed by a district that is actively investing in facilities and instructional direction.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 49% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 758%

School 58% · District 55% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 44% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 651%

School 51% · District 57% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 58% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 51% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Science

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 40% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 45% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

This schoolKenton 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-income40%Higher-income62%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income46%Higher-income73%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income54%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income55%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income47%Higher-income69%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income48%13 pp gap