Gallatin County High School

Gallatin County High School, a modestly sized secondary school in Warsaw, Kentucky, run under Gallatin County, works with 424 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Gallatin County High School sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Gallatin County comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,426 students; Gallatin County High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Gallatin County High School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Gallatin County High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Gallatin County High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at Gallatin County High School qualify 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, Gallatin County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Gallatin County) logs that median household income runs about $63,346, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Gallatin County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,426 students), Gallatin County High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gallatin County Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gallatin County High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 483 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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