Berea Community High School

As a small senior high in Berea, Kentucky, Berea Community High School caters to 309 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Berea Independent. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 558.

Across the 3 schools in Berea Independent (971 students total), Berea Community High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Berea Community High School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Berea Community High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Berea Community High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Madison County) reports that median household income runs about $63,351, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Berea Community High School is one of 27 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 12,103 students).

The closest other public school is Berea Community Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Berea Community High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 317 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 88% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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