Bourbon County High School

Bourbon County High School is a high school of average-sized scale in Paris, Kentucky, one of the schools within Bourbon County, instructing 764 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Within Bourbon County, which oversees 6 schools and 2,557 students, Bourbon County High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bourbon County High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Bourbon County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bourbon County High School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bourbon County 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 34.5%, a residual of -9.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Bourbon County reports that median household income runs about $61,354, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Bourbon County High School is one of 10 public schools in Bourbon County (combined enrollment of about 3,416 students).

The closest other public school is Bourbon County Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bourbon County High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 814 students in 2018 compared to 764 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 72%.

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