Total enrollment
18,559
+1,699 (+10%) vs SY 2020-21
34 schools in Warren County
Kentucky · 18,559 students · 4 cities
Warren County's 34 public K-12 schools collectively enroll about 18,559 students across 16 elementary, 4 middle, and 13 high.
4-year change in Warren County
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
30
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Warren County ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Kentucky | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #51 of 139 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 18,559 | #4 of 158 | #444 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 30 | #3 of 158 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #125 of 158 | #6,752 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 61.8% | #76 of 158 | #2,673 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #11 of 137 | #1,222 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Warren County
State test results across the district's 23 scored schools run from Rich Pond Elementary at 61.8% proficient to Warren Elementary at 16.6%, a gap of 45.2 points. That is the 4th widest gap among 101 Kentucky districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 26 district schools that reported both years went from 15,731 to 17,596 students (up 12%) and from 931 to 1,068 full-time teachers (up 15%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Warren County
Across 34 schools, Warren County serves about 18,559 students in Kentucky. By footprint it is a medium-population district.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Warren County consists of 16 elementary, 4 middle, 13 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Warren County is about 546, meaningfully above the Kentucky average of roughly 467.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment grew 10%: 16,860 students in SY 2020-21 versus 18,559 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Warren County discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.