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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEREA INDEPENDENT·NCES 210048000078

Berea Community High School

1 Pirate Pkwy, Berea, KY 40403 · (859) 986-4911 · Madison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Kentucky public high schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public high schools

Enrollment
309
High
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 558
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
159 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 97023%
Grade 107424%
Grade 119230%
Grade 127123%
Ungraded21%
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
25482%
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
248%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
248%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
15751%
Female
15249%

School pathway

Feeds from
Berea Community Middle School06–08
Based on grade levels within Berea Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
60.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
51.0%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.

Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Berea Community High School

Berea Community High School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Berea Community High School this school30951.5%44.3%
Livingston Central High School
Smithland
33951.9%43.3%
Williamstown Sr. High
Williamstown
20050.5%38.3%
Ballard Memorial High School
Barlow
27654.0%49.0%
Lyon County High School
Eddyville
29245.5%42.3%
Washington County High School
Springfield
50751.1%36.5%
Matched among Kentucky high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Berea Community High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kentucky
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.3%#45 of 211
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
51.0%#46 of 211
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
60.0%#22 of 211
Enrollment
ranked largest first
309#203 of 304
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.0:1#35 of 217
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
31.2%#98 of 217
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
51.5%#155 of 230
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-2.5%#117 of 139
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
309
-39 (-11%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 20.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2530922.114.0:151% (159)
2023-2432821.615.2:155% (182)
2022-2335319.618.0:156% (197)
2020-213481720.5:151% (176)
2017-1831718.117.5:165% (205)
2015-163461819.2:157% (196)
2010-113151619.7:149% (154)
2000-012912312.7:129% (84)
1990-912142010.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berea Community High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 3% (317 to 309); teachers up 22% (18.1 to 22.1).

About Berea Community High School

Federal records list Berea Community High School as a high school in Berea, Kentucky. Its enrollment is 309 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in Kentucky average about 558 students, which makes this school 45% below average.

Berea Community High School is part of a district of 3 schools: Berea Independent, with 971 students.

Of every 100 students at Berea Community High School, about 82 are White. Other students are 8% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.

There are 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Berea Community High School, giving a ratio of 14.0:1. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for high schools in Kentucky. By family income, 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Berea Community High School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of Kentucky public high schools.

Compared with Kentucky schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Berea Community High School's results are 1.7 points below predicted: 44.3% against 45.9%.

Madison County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $63,351 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Berea Community High School shares Madison County with 26 other public schools.

Berea Community High School's closest public school neighbor is Berea Community Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 44.3% is below the 49.0% average for nearby schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 348 to 309. By 2024-25, the school had 14.0 students per teacher, compared with 20.5 in 2020-21.

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Madison County at a glance

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Population
95,769
Census ACS
Median income
$63,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,103 students

Quick facts

School name
Berea Community High School
District
Berea Independent
Address
1 Pirate Pkwy, Berea, KY 40403
Phone
(859) 986-4911
County
Madison County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
309
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
14.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
159 (51%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
210048000078
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Berea Independent
Other schools in Berea
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Frequently asked questions

About Berea Community High School
How many students attend Berea Community High School?
Berea Community High School enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 09-12.
Is Berea Community High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Berea Community High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Berea Community High School have?
Berea Community High School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Berea Community High School?
Student demographics at Berea Community High School are roughly 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Berea Community High School in?
Berea Community High School is part of Berea Independent.
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