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Best kept secret at Grant County High School?
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Enrollment
1,016
High
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANT COUNTY·NCES 210225000467
Grant County High School
715 Warsaw Road, Dry Ridge, KY 41035 · (859) 824-9739 · Grant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,016 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Kentucky public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
659 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 242 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 266 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 239 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 266 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Grant County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
35.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
29.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grant County High School
Grant County High School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County High School this school | 1,016 | 64.9% | 29.0% |
| South Laurel High School London | 1,119 | 66.1% | 48.3% |
| Lincoln County High School Stanford | 886 | 66.9% | 32.5% |
| Adair County High School Columbia | 805 | 67.0% | 39.8% |
| Perry County Central High School Hazard | 819 | 66.7% | 30.8% |
| Rockcastle County High School Mount Vernon | 796 | 61.4% | 41.0% |
Matched among Kentucky high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grant County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #168 of 211 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #174 of 211 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #179 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,016 | #73 of 304 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #194 of 217 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #137 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #70 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #98 of 139 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,016
-71 (-7%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,016 | 52 | 19.5:1 | 65% (659) |
| 2023-24 | 1,062 | 57 | 18.6:1 | 66% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 1,078 | 53 | 20.3:1 | 64% (692) |
| 2020-21 | 1,087 | 58 | 18.7:1 | 55% (595) |
| 2017-18 | 1,072 | 63 | 17.0:1 | 62% (665) |
| 2015-16 | 1,176 | 60 | 19.6:1 | 59% (696) |
| 2010-11 | 1,084 | 57 | 19.0:1 | 54% (581) |
| 2000-01 | 933 | N/A | N/A | 30% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 38 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,072 to 1,016); teachers down 17% (63 to 52).
About Grant County High School
In Dry Ridge, Kentucky, part of Grant County, Grant County High School is a high school. The school's 1,016 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Kentucky average about 558 students each.
Grant County includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 3,216 students.
Grant County High School enrolls a student body that is 89% White. It is also 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Grant County is about 93% White. Grant County High School has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 52 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.5:1. Among high schools in Kentucky, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. The school's lunch program data list 65% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 67% average for public schools in Grant County.
The allk12 Grade for Grant County High School is C-. Compared with Kentucky public high schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Grant County High School scores 29.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Grant County, median household income is about $69,178, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Grant County High School is among the 10 public schools in Grant County.
The school nearest to Grant County High School is Dry Ridge Elementary, at a distance of about 2.2 miles. Within five miles of Grant County High School, there are 7 other public schools. On average proficiency, Grant County High School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The number of students declined from 1,087 to 1,016 over 4 years.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,418
Census ACS
Median income
$69,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
4,075 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grant County
- Grant County Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Sherman ElementaryElementary · 415 students
- Dry Ridge ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Crittenden-Mt. Zion ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Mason-Corinth ElementaryElementary · 299 students
Other schools in Dry Ridge
- Grant County Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Sherman ElementaryElementary · 415 students
- Dry Ridge ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Crittenden-Mt. Zion ElementaryElementary · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Dry Ridge Elementary2.2 mi · 400
- Grant County Middle School2.3 mi · 699
- Sherman Elementary3.0 mi · 415
- Williamstown Jr. High3.8 mi · 172
- Williamstown Elementary3.8 mi · 397
- Williamstown Head Start Preschool3.8 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About Grant County High SchoolHow large is Grant County High School?
Grant County High School enrolls approximately 1,016 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Grant County High School serve?
Grant County High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Grant County High School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Grant County High School.
What is the student diversity at Grant County High School?
Student demographics at Grant County High School are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Grant County High School public or private?
Grant County High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.