1
If you could change one rule at Larry A. Ryle High School, what would it be?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,077
High
DISTRICT 1,074 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONE COUNTY·NCES 210051000011
Larry A. Ryle High School
10379 Us 42, Union, KY 41091 · (859) 384-5300 · Boone County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,077 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Kentucky public high schools
- A-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
18.6:1
112 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
712 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 562 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 547 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 466 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 494 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 0% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
52.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Larry A. Ryle High School
Larry A. Ryle High School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry A. Ryle High School this school | 2,077 | 34.3% | 43.8% |
| Dixie Heights High School Fort Mitchell | 1,499 | 40.8% | 44.8% |
| Lafayette High School Lexington | 2,370 | 33.1% | 54.5% |
| Great Crossing High School Georgetown | 1,677 | 38.6% | 43.3% |
| Conner High School Hebron | 1,400 | 33.6% | 43.8% |
| Central Hardin High School Cecilia | 1,831 | 38.9% | 41.8% |
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 Larry A. Ryle High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #48 of 211 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #41 of 211 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #50 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,077 | #4 of 304 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #168 of 217 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #59 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #217 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #32 of 72 |
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
2,077
+50 (+2%) vs 2020
+69% since 2000-01, when it was 1,228
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 2,077 | 111.5 | 18.6:1 | 34% (712) |
| 2023-24 | 2,062 | 109 | 18.9:1 | 32% (668) |
| 2022-23 | 2,013 | 109 | 18.5:1 | 32% (646) |
| 2020-21 | 2,027 | 115 | 17.6:1 | 33% (661) |
| 2017-18 | 1,890 | 110.5 | 17.1:1 | 25% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 1,851 | 102 | 18.1:1 | 24% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 1,588 | 91 | 17.4:1 | 19% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 1,228 | 70 | 17.5:1 | 6% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Larry A. Ryle High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (1,890 to 2,077); teachers up 1% (110.5 to 111.5).
About Larry A. Ryle High School
Larry A. Ryle High School is a large high school in Union, Kentucky, under Boone County. Total enrollment is 2,077 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in Kentucky have about 558 students on average; enrollment here is 272% higher.
Boone County counts 20,514 students in its 27 schools, and Larry A. Ryle High School is one of them.
More than half of the students at Larry A. Ryle High School are White (72%). The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Boone County's population at about 83%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Larry A. Ryle High School scores 45%.
The school's 111.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. The average for high schools in Kentucky is 16.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Larry A. Ryle High School, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Kentucky public high schools, Larry A. Ryle High School outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Larry A. Ryle High School is 8.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools.
Boone County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $99,414, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Boone County's 34 public schools enroll about 22,394 students and include Larry A. Ryle High School.
Among nearby public schools, Gray Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 58.2%, higher than Larry A. Ryle High School's 43.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Larry A. Ryle High School enrolled 2,027; in 2024-25, 2,077. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.6:1) than in 2020-21 (17.6:1).
The discussion board for Larry A. Ryle High School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,841
Census ACS
Median income
$99,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,394 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone County
- Randall K. Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Conner High SchoolHigh · 1,400 students
- Boone County High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
- Conner Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
Other schools in Union
- Randall K. Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
- New Haven Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Shirley Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Ballyshannon Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Gray Middle School0.2 mi · 1,006
- Shirley Mann Elementary School0.4 mi · 710
- New Haven Elementary School1.1 mi · 716
- Ballyshannon Middle School2.1 mi · 609
- Erpenbeck Elementary School2.4 mi · 764
- Longbranch Elementary School3.2 mi · 957
Frequently asked questions
About Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHow large is Larry A. Ryle High School?
Larry A. Ryle High School enrolls approximately 2,077 students in grades 09-12.
Is Larry A. Ryle High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Larry A. Ryle High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Larry A. Ryle High School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Larry A. Ryle High School.
How diverse is Larry A. Ryle High School?
Larry A. Ryle High School reports a student body of 72% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Larry A. Ryle High School?
Larry A. Ryle High School is overseen by Boone County in Boone County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.