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West Jessamine Middle School

1400 Wilmore Rd, Nicholasville, KY, 40356-8932

Tel: (859)885-2244

Grades: 6-8 | 821 students

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

West Jessamine Middle School serves 821 students in grades 6-8.
The school's student:teacher ratio of 17:1 is higher than the KY state average of 15:1.
Minority enrollment is 8% of the student body.
West Jessamine Middle School is one of 3 public middle schools within Nicholasville, and operates within the Jessamine County School District.

The nearest elementary school is Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School (0.1 miles away), the nearest middle school is East Jessamine Middle School (3.5 miles away), and the nearest high school is West Jessamine High School (0.5 miles away).

Source: 2011 NCES data, KY Dept. of Educ.	West Jessamine Middle School
Grades Offered	Grades 6-8
Total Students	821 students

% Male / % Female	52% / 48%
Total Classroom Teachers	48 teachers

Students by Grade

	This School	(KY) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	17:1	15:1

	This School	(KY) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	1%

% Hispanic	2%	4%

% Black	5%	11%

% White	92%	82%

Unknown	n/a	2%

	This School	(KY) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	43%	49%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	7%	8%

School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Jessamine County School District
	This School's Agency	(KY) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	12	6
Number of Students Managed	7,668 students	2,353 students

District Total Revenue	$74,403,000	$23,834,000

District Expenditure	$89,400,000	$23,308,000

District Revenue / Student	$9,703	$10,129

District Expenditure / Student	$11,659	$9,906

Nearby Schools:

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West Jessamine Middle School
Grades: 6-8 | 0 mi. away

Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School
Grades: 1-5 | 0.1 mi. away

West Jessamine High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.5 mi. away

Jessamine Career And Technology Center
Grades: 9-12 | 0.7 mi. away

Brookside Elementary School
Grades: 1-5 | 0.9 mi. away

Hattie C. Warner Elementary School
Grades: 1-5 | 1 mi. away

View all schools in: Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Zip 40356

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