Carlisle County High School

Carlisle County High School operates as a minimally staffed senior high in Bardwell, Kentucky, operated by Carlisle County. Current enrollment sits at 184 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Across the 3 schools in Carlisle County (738 students total), Carlisle County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Carlisle County High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Carlisle County High School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at Carlisle County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carlisle County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Carlisle County) records that the typical household earns roughly $62,439 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Carlisle County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 738 students), of which Carlisle County High School is one.

The closest other public school is Carlisle County Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Carlisle County High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carlisle County High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.2%.

Carlisle County High School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 224 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 93% to 85%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Carlisle County High School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.