Montgomery County High School

Located at 724 Woodford Drive, in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Montgomery County High School is a high-enrollment four-year high school that enrolls 1,345 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Montgomery County. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 141% bigger than typical.

Montgomery County High School is one of 8 schools operated by Montgomery County, a district that serves 4,442 students overall.

On demographics, Montgomery County High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder reads as 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Montgomery County High School shows 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Montgomery County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $56,396, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Montgomery County High School is one of 9 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 4,442 students).

The Sterling School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Montgomery County High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montgomery County High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Montgomery County High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,314 (now 1,345).

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.