Burgin Independent School

Burgin Independent School is a K-12 campus of heavily attended scale in Burgin, Kentucky, run under Burgin Independent, enrolling 525 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 160% bigger than the state mean of about 202.

Operationally, Burgin Independent School answers to Burgin Independent, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Burgin Independent School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 6% multiracial. Compared to Mercer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Burgin Independent School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Mercer County's rate of about 59%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Burgin Independent School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mercer County put the typical household earns roughly $64,824 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Mercer County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,199 students), Burgin Independent School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mercer Central, roughly 5.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Burgin Independent School. On composite proficiency, Burgin Independent School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 520 students in 2018 compared to 525 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Burgin Independent School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.