Lewis County High School

As a medium-sized high school in Vanceburg, Kentucky, Lewis County High School works with 568 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Lewis County.

Within Lewis County, which oversees 6 schools and 1,942 students, Lewis County High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lewis County High School shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Lewis County High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at Lewis County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Lewis County High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 33.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Lewis County shows the typical household earns roughly $46,838 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Lewis County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,942 students), of which Lewis County High School is one.

Lewis County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lewis County High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lewis County High School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 568). Class-load math has fell: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lewis County High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.