Crittenden County High School

Crittenden County High School is a high school of small scale in Marion, Kentucky, one of the schools within Crittenden County, caters to 381 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.

Within Crittenden County, which oversees 3 schools and 1,272 students, Crittenden County High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Crittenden County High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 2% multiracial. Compared to Crittenden County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible 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, Crittenden County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -4.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Crittenden County put the typical household earns roughly $46,656 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Crittenden County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,272 students), Crittenden County High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crittenden County Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crittenden County High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crittenden County High School has increased 8%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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