Lost River Elementary

Set in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Lost River Elementary is a sprawling elementary-level community, one of the schools within Warren County. It caters to 856 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 103% bigger than the state mean of about 421.

Lost River Elementary is one of 30 schools operated by Warren County, a district that works with 18,559 students overall.

Demographically, Lost River Elementary logs that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Lost River Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Warren County's rate of about 61%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lost River Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Warren County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,794 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Warren County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,324 students), of which Lost River Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jennings Creek Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lost River Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

Lost River Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lost River Elementary has rose 10%, going from 780 students in 2018 to 856 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 48% to 37% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Lost River Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.