Gallatin County Middle School

Located at 88 Paw Print Path, in Warsaw, Kentucky, Gallatin County Middle School is a compact junior high that caters to 316 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Gallatin County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Gallatin County Middle School sits 43% below that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Gallatin County (1,426 students total), Gallatin County Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Gallatin County Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Gallatin County Middle 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 Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.2%; this one delivers 40.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gallatin County indicate median household income runs about $63,346, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Gallatin County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,426 students), Gallatin County Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Gallatin County Upper Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Gallatin County Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gallatin County Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Gallatin County Middle School's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 396 (now 316). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 87% to 82%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Gallatin County Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.