Nicholas County High School

Nicholas County High School is one of the close-knit high schools in Carlisle, Kentucky, one of the schools within Nicholas County, with 435 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 22% leaner than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Nicholas County comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,080 students; Nicholas County High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Nicholas County High School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic. Compared to Nicholas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Nicholas County High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nicholas County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Nicholas County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,531 per year, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Nicholas County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,080 students), of which Nicholas County High School is one.

Nicholas County Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Nicholas County High School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Nicholas County High School's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 435). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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