Great Crossing High School

Great Crossing High School is a well-populated 9-12 campus in Georgetown, Kentucky, overseen by Scott County. The school hosts 1,677 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 201% bigger than typical.

Within Scott County, which oversees 16 schools and 9,830 students, Great Crossing High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Great Crossing High School reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Scott County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Great Crossing High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the area at large, Scott County reports that median household income runs about $85,158, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Scott County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,863 students), Great Crossing High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Western Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Great Crossing High School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Great Crossing High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.