Drakes Creek Middle School

Drakes Creek Middle School operates as a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Bowling Green, Kentucky, overseen by Warren County. Current enrollment sits at 704 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Drakes Creek Middle School sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 30 schools in Warren County (18,559 students total), Drakes Creek Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Drakes Creek Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest reads as 17% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Warren County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Drakes Creek Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.7%; this one delivers 60.0%, a residual of +17.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Warren County put median household income runs about $65,794, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Drakes Creek Middle School is one of 45 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 23,324 students).

Greenwood High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Drakes Creek Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Drakes Creek Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.7%.

Drakes Creek Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Drakes Creek Middle School's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 704). White enrollment moved from 70% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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