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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Boone County High School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,252
High
DISTRICT 1,074 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONE COUNTY·NCES 210051000081
Boone County High School
7056 Burlington Pk, Florence, KY 41042 · (859) 282-5655 · Boone County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,252 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Kentucky public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
659 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 355 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 302 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 309 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 283 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 47% · US 70%
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
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
33.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Boone County High School
Boone County High School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County High School this school | 1,252 | 52.6% | 36.3% |
| Shelby County High School Shelbyville | 1,003 | 43.9% | 26.0% |
| Bowling Green High School Bowling Green | 1,377 | 50.8% | 42.5% |
| Franklin County High School Frankfort | 990 | 51.7% | 39.5% |
| Bourbon County High School Paris | 764 | 57.9% | 34.5% |
| Owensboro High School Owensboro | 1,342 | 62.5% | 33.3% |
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 Boone County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #119 of 211 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #154 of 211 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #132 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,252 | #48 of 304 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #46 of 217 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #32 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #147 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #64 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 2024-25Enrollment
1,252
-130 (-9%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,354
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,252 | 86 | 14.6:1 | 53% (659) |
| 2023-24 | 1,299 | 89 | 14.6:1 | 60% (778) |
| 2022-23 | 1,279 | 88 | 14.5:1 | 53% (682) |
| 2020-21 | 1,382 | 91 | 15.2:1 | 60% (830) |
| 2017-18 | 1,371 | 91 | 15.1:1 | 52% (719) |
| 2015-16 | 1,409 | 84 | 16.8:1 | 49% (687) |
| 2010-11 | 1,450 | 88 | 16.5:1 | 39% (566) |
| 2000-01 | 1,339 | 74 | 18.1:1 | 13% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 1,354 | 74 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boone County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,371 to 1,252); teachers down 5% (91 to 86).
About Boone County High School
Boone County High School serves students in Florence, Kentucky, as a high-enrollment high school. In all, 1,252 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 124% bigger than the 558-student average for high schools in Kentucky.
Boone County High School is one school in a 27-school district, Boone County, which enrolls 20,514 students.
At Boone County High School, 53% of students are White. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 83% White share among all Boone County residents. The diversity index for Boone County High School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. Statewide, high schools in Kentucky average 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 53% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in Boone County average 40%.
Boone County High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Kentucky public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Boone County High School would be expected to post about 45.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.3%.
In the surrounding county, Boone County, median household income comes to about $99,414, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 34 public schools and about 22,394 students.
The closest school to Boone County High School is RISE Academy, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Boone County High School is ahead of the 32.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Boone County High School enrolled 1,382 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,252.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,841
Census ACS
Median income
$99,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,394 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone County
- Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Randall K. Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Conner High SchoolHigh · 1,400 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
- Conner Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
Other schools in Florence
- Ockerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 students
- Erpenbeck Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Rector A. Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 683 students
- Ockerman Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Hillard Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Nearby schools
- RISE Academy0.3 mi · 70
- Florence Elementary School0.3 mi · 610
- Miles Elementary School1.2 mi · 278
- Hillard Collins Elementary School1.4 mi · 571
- Rector A. Jones Middle School1.4 mi · 683
- Tichenor Middle School1.6 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Boone County High SchoolHow large is Boone County High School?
Boone County High School enrolls approximately 1,252 students in grades 09-12.
Is Boone County High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boone County High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Boone County High School have?
Boone County High School employs 86 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Boone County High School?
Boone County High School reports a student body of 53% White, 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Boone County High School?
Boone County High School is overseen by Boone County in Boone County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.