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What's one thing Bowling Green High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,377
High
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT·NCES 210057000105
Bowling Green High School
1801 Rockingham Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104 · (270) 746-2300 · Warren County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,377 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Kentucky public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.8:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
699 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 366 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 338 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 360 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 312 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bowling Green Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
49.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Bowling Green High School
Bowling Green High School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green High School this school | 1,377 | 50.8% | 42.5% |
| Frederick Douglass High School Lexington | 1,770 | 46.2% | 38.8% |
| Tates Creek High School Lexington | 1,723 | 56.8% | 33.0% |
| Fern Creek High Louisville | 1,525 | 58.5% | 23.5% |
| Henry Clay High School Lexington | 1,939 | 41.7% | 49.8% |
| Boone County High School Florence | 1,252 | 52.6% | 36.3% |
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 Bowling Green High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #58 of 211 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #52 of 211 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #117 of 211 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,377 | #37 of 304 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #145 of 217 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #6 of 217 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #162 of 230 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #27 of 72 | N/A |
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
1,377
+372 (+37%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 982
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 1,377 | 77.4 | 17.8:1 | 51% (699) |
| 2023-24 | 1,290 | 79.2 | 16.3:1 | 59% (767) |
| 2022-23 | 1,294 | 87 | 14.9:1 | 58% (745) |
| 2020-21 | 1,005 | 80 | 12.6:1 | 48% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 1,232 | 76.3 | 16.2:1 | 50% (622) |
| 2015-16 | 1,225 | 75 | 16.3:1 | 52% (636) |
| 2010-11 | 1,072 | 70 | 15.3:1 | 43% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 1,032 | 61 | 16.9:1 | 39% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 982 | 59 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowling Green High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,232 to 1,377); teachers up 2% (76.3 to 77.4).
About Bowling Green High School
At 1801 Rockingham Lane in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Bowling Green High School operates as a high-enrollment high school. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 1,377 students. Enrollment is 147% higher than the average for high schools in Kentucky, which is about 558.
Bowling Green High School is one school in a 10-school district, Bowling Green Independent, which enrolls 4,765 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Bowling Green High School. The largest is White students, at 42%. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Warren County overall, about 76% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 77.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.8 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. Across public schools in Warren County, the average is 61%.
allk12 grades Bowling Green High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.2% for Bowling Green High School. The school posts 42.5%, 3.7 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Warren County, the median household income is $65,794, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Warren County is home to 45 public schools and about 23,324 public school students.
T C Cherry Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Bowling Green High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Bowling Green High School's average proficiency of 42.5% compares with 45.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Federal data show a 37% enrollment gain, from 1,005 in 2020-21 to 1,377 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.8:1, from 12.6:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Bowling Green High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,918
Census ACS
Median income
$65,794
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
23,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bowling Green Independent
- Bowling Green Junior HighMiddle · 1,042 students
- Dishman McGinnis Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- Potter Gray ElementaryElementary · 499 students
- W R McNeill Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- T C Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Parker-Bennett-Curry SchoolElementary · 400 students
Other schools in Bowling Green
- South Warren High SchoolHigh · 1,548 students
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 1,070 students
- Bowling Green Junior HighMiddle · 1,042 students
- Rich Pond ElementaryElementary · 990 students
- Warren East High SchoolHigh · 967 students
Other Bowling Green High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bowling Green High. Bowling Green High School is the largest of the 3.
- Bowling Green High SchoolBowling Green, OH · 799 students
- BOWLING GREEN HIGHBOWLING GREEN, MO · 373 students
Nearby schools
- T C Cherry Elementary School0.8 mi · 431
- Bowling Green Junior High0.9 mi · 1,042
- William H. Natcher Elementary1.5 mi · 713
- W R McNeill Elementary School1.5 mi · 433
- Potter Gray Elementary1.9 mi · 499
- Bowling Green Learning Center2.0 mi · 30
Frequently asked questions
About Bowling Green High SchoolHow large is Bowling Green High School?
Bowling Green High School enrolls approximately 1,377 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bowling Green High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bowling Green High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bowling Green High School have?
Bowling Green High School employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bowling Green High School?
At Bowling Green High School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 23% Hispanic, 23% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bowling Green High School?
Bowling Green High School is overseen by Bowling Green Independent in Warren County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.