Northside Elementary School, Midway KY

Original Research by School Decision on Northside Elementary School

Northside Elementary School in Midway, Kentucky, serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a regular public elementary school in the Woodford County district. The school is located on its own campus on Northside Drive, separate from Midway’s historic downtown core, which is known for its distinctive shops, restaurants, and monthly community events. Midway is a small city surrounded by thoroughbred horse farms and agricultural land, with a stable population and a historic district designation that limits large-scale changes. The area offers regional highway access via Interstate 64.

The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population making up a notable share and smaller groups of Black students and students identifying as two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available in the source material.

Looking at state assessment results in reading, a pattern emerges. In the third grade, just below half of students scored at the proficient level or above. That share rose to just above half in fourth grade and to a similar level in fifth grade. In math, the results were lower. The share of students scoring proficient or above was below half in both third and fourth grades, and fell further in fifth grade, where it was just over a third. In science, only fourth graders are tested, and less than half scored proficient or above. In social studies, only fifth graders are tested, and the share scoring proficient or above was two-fifths. These figures suggest that the school’s reading results are a relative strength, while math achievement is a softer area that a parent may want to look into further with the school.

The data used for comparison against other districts was not sufficient to place Northside Elementary among its county peers, as only one school in Woodford County had comparable assessment data. No graduation rate is reported because the school does not serve high school grades.

No information was available from the source material on the school’s course offerings, staffing levels, discipline rates, or attendance data. The district brief turned up no recent changes of lasting impact to note. For a family considering this school, the academic picture centers on reading results that are solid across the tested grades, alongside math results that are weaker and would benefit from inquiry at the school level. The school’s setting in a small, stable horse-country town with a walkable historic downtown and an active community calendar defines the environment for families choosing this elementary school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 56% · ▼ 13 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 49% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 46% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 57% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 58% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 58% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Science

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 46% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 540%

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

▲ 2 pts above state median

This schoolWoodford 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 3Lower-income35%Higher-income63%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income69%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income60%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income63%37 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income54%18 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income28%Higher-income43%15 pp gap