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Edmonson County High School
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Edmonson County High School
Edmonson County High School is a secondary school of reasonably sized scale in Brownsville, Kentucky, part of Edmonson County, hosting 546 students in grades 9 through 12.
Edmonson County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,854 students; Edmonson County High School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Edmonson County High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Edmonson County High School records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edmonson County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.3%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Edmonson County put median household earnings sit near $54,937, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Edmonson County High School is one of 5 public schools in Edmonson County (combined enrollment of about 1,854 students).
Edmonson County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Edmonson County High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edmonson County High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.2%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Edmonson County High School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 569 (now 546). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.
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Edmonson County at a glance
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Related schools
- South Edmonson Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Kyrock Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Edmonson County 5/6 CenterMiddle · 265 students
- Edmonson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 256 students
- Edmonson County 5/6 CenterMiddle · 265 students
- Edmonson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 256 students
- Edmonson County Middle School0.0 mi · 256
- Edmonson County 5/6 Center0.8 mi · 265
- Kyrock Elementary School4.9 mi · 334
- South Edmonson Elementary School5.1 mi · 453
- North Warren Elementary9.8 mi · 436
- Oakland Elementary10.9 mi · 432