Belfry High School

Set in Belfry, Kentucky, Belfry High School is a modestly sized secondary school, overseen by Pike County. It works with 463 students across grades 9 through 12.

Pike County comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 7,515 students; Belfry High School is among them.

On demographics, Belfry High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Belfry High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at Belfry High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pike County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belfry High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of -4.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Pike County shows median household earnings sit near $44,312, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Pike County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,644 students), of which Belfry High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belfry Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belfry High School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Belfry High School's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 599 (now 463). Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.