Trigg County Middle School, Cadiz KY

Original Research by School Decision on Trigg County Middle School

Trigg County Middle School sits in Cadiz, the seat of Trigg County, a small town where the public school campus is integrated into the downtown area rather than set apart. The town’s historic Main Street, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, anchors a mix of antiques shops, the Janice Mason Art Museum, and restaurants, and the local economy draws on agriculture, tourism tied to Lake Barkley and the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, and government administration. The school serves grades six through eight and is the middle school for the Trigg County Public School District, which operates a single campus on Main Street.

The school’s enrollment is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students who are Black, Hispanic, or identify as two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The setting is a small, rural county with modest population growth, and housing values in the area are well below the national benchmark.

On the Kentucky Summative Assessment, Trigg County Middle School shows a mixed picture across subjects and grade levels. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above varies by grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates also vary by grade. On the state science assessment, the proficiency rate is lower still. In social studies, roughly a third of students tested scored proficient or above. Across these results, a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand academic support and where the school is focusing its efforts, particularly in subjects where the majority of students are not reaching the proficiency bar.

The school does not have reported data on chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, or course access such as advanced or career-oriented coursework, which means a parent would need to ask the school directly about those areas. Because the school serves only middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The district brief did not surface any recent major changes such as referendums, property tax shifts, or curriculum overhauls that would signal a shift in direction.

Trigg County Middle School is the only district in its county, so there is no direct comparison to a neighboring district within the same school system. The academic results give a plain picture of a school where proficiency in core subjects is below a simple majority in most tested grades and subjects, a pattern that families may want to explore with the school’s administration to understand the specific supports and improvement strategies in place. The town’s character is stable and historically rooted, and the school is woven into that downtown fabric. For a family considering this school, conversations with the staff about academic intervention programs, enrichment offerings, and the school’s own reading of its assessment results would be a practical next step.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 735%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 10 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 749%

School 49% · District 49%

even with state median

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 729%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 1 pts below state median

This schoolTrigg 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-income30%Higher-income73%43 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income62%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income37%Higher-income53%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income46%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income23%Higher-income52%29 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income47%Higher-income58%11 pp gap