Barren County High School

Located at 507 Trojan Trail, in Glasgow, Kentucky, Barren County High School is a heavily attended secondary school that instructs 1,220 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Barren County. Enrollment runs roughly 119% bigger than the state mean of about 558.

Barren County comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,908 students; Barren County High School is among them.

On demographics, Barren County High School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Barren County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Barren County High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Barren County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Barren County High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 36.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Barren County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,628 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Barren County High School is one of 21 public schools in Barren County (combined enrollment of about 7,749 students).

Barren County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barren County High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.3%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 1,291 students in 2018 compared to 1,220 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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