Rowan County Senior High School

Rowan County Senior High School is a 9-12 campus of substantial scale in Morehead, Kentucky, overseen by Rowan County, caters to 904 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Rowan County Senior High School sits 62% bigger than that benchmark.

Rowan County Senior High School is one of 11 schools operated by Rowan County, a district that works with 3,451 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Rowan County Senior High School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Rowan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Rowan County Senior High School shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Rowan County Senior High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rowan County Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 44.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rowan County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $54,321 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rowan County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,451 students), Rowan County Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Rowan Academy - Virtual Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rowan County Senior High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rowan County Senior High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rowan County Senior High School has decreased 3%, going from 928 students in 2018 to 904 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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