LaRue County High School

As a mid-sized secondary school in Hodgenville, Kentucky, LaRue County High School serves 754 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within LaRue County. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 558.

LaRue County comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,448 students; LaRue County High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, LaRue County High School logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, LaRue County High School reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 57% of students at LaRue County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, LaRue County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Larue County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,067 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. LaRue County High School is one of 6 public schools in Larue County (combined enrollment of about 2,448 students).

LaRue County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LaRue County High School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

LaRue County High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 736 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.