Lawrence County High School

Set in Louisa, Kentucky, Lawrence County High School is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school, one of the schools within Lawrence County. It instructs 757 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 558.

Lawrence County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,287 students. Lawrence County High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lawrence County High School logs that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Lawrence County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Lawrence County High School is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.7%; Lawrence County High School posts 26.7%, -17.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Lawrence County reports that the typical household earns roughly $46,772 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Lawrence County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,287 students), Lawrence County High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Louisa Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lawrence County High School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lawrence County High School's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 696 (now 757).

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