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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET INDEPENDENT·NCES 210543001310

Somerset High School

301 College St, Somerset, KY 42501 · (606) 678-4721 · Pulaski County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Kentucky public high schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public high schools

Enrollment
526
High
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 558
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
294 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 915329%
Grade 1011822%
Grade 1113325%
Grade 1212123%
Ungraded10%
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
42881%
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
5811%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
143%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
61%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
194%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
27352%
Female
25348%

School pathway

Feeds from
Meece Middle School05–08
Based on grade levels within Somerset Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
57.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
55.0%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.

Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Somerset High School

Somerset High School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Somerset High School this school52655.9%49.0%
Owen County High School
Owenton
53155.9%28.8%
Mercer County Senior High School
Harrodsburg
74856.4%49.5%
Calloway County High School
Murray
82454.6%46.0%
LaRue County High School
Hodgenville
75457.0%40.3%
Washington County High School
Springfield
50751.1%36.5%
Matched among Kentucky high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Somerset High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kentucky
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.0%#27 of 211
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
55.0%#33 of 211
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
57.0%#40 of 211
Enrollment
ranked largest first
526#158 of 304
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.5:1#14 of 217
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.4%#91 of 217
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
55.9%#124 of 230
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.7%#108 of 139
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
526
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255264212.5:156% (294)
2023-2452640.313.0:158% (303)
2022-2352140.812.8:154% (280)
2020-215413615.0:153% (289)
2017-1854637.914.4:152% (283)
2015-165183614.4:152% (269)
2010-114813115.5:146% (221)
2000-014983215.6:137% (186)
1990-915343216.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerset High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 4% (546 to 526); teachers up 11% (37.9 to 42).

About Somerset High School

Somerset High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Somerset, Kentucky. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 526 students enrolled.

Somerset Independent has 1,762 students spread across 3 schools.

A large majority of enrollment at Somerset High School is White, at 81%. The school is also 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 94%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Somerset High School scores 32%.

With 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1. The average for high schools in Kentucky is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Somerset High School, 56% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Among Kentucky public high schools, Somerset High School outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

Compared with Kentucky schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Somerset High School's results are 4.7 points above predicted: 49.0% against 44.3%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pulaski County show that the median household earns about $51,898 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across Pulaski County, 19 public schools serve about 9,989 students.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Hopkins Elementary School, is the closest to Somerset High School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Somerset High School. Its average proficiency rate of 49.0% is below the 52.4% average for nearby schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.

Enrollment figures show a decline of 15 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.0:1 to 12.5:1.

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Pulaski County at a glance

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Population
65,897
Census ACS
Median income
$51,898
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,989 students

Quick facts

School name
Somerset High School
District
Somerset Independent
Address
301 College St, Somerset, KY 42501
Phone
(606) 678-4721
County
Pulaski County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
526
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
12.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
294 (56%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
210543001310
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Somerset Independent
Other schools in Somerset
Other Somerset High schools

3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Somerset High. Somerset High School is the 2nd largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Somerset High School
How many students attend Somerset High School?
Somerset High School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Somerset High School serve?
Somerset High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Somerset High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Somerset High School is approximately 12.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Somerset High School?
Somerset High School reports a student body of 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Somerset High School?
Somerset High School is overseen by Somerset Independent in Pulaski County.
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