Mercer Central

Mercer Central is a small high school in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Enrolled students number 51 students, in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 91% lower than the average for high schools in Kentucky, which is about 558.

Mercer Central belongs to Mercer County, a district of 6 schools and 2,674 students.

At Mercer Central, White students make up 73% of the student body. It is also 22% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Mercer County is roughly 90% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Mercer Central employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky. Mercer Central's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 78%. The rate at public schools in Mercer County averages 59%, lower than here.

Mercer County has about 23,028 residents, and the median household income is $64,824, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Mercer County has 8 public schools and roughly 3,199 students.

The shortest distance from Mercer Central to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Mercer County Day Treatment. Other public schools within five miles: 6.

Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Mercer Central's enrollment grew from 42 in 2020-21 to 51 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (21.0:1).

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