Spencer County High School

Spencer County High School operates as a substantial high school in Taylorsville, Kentucky, part of Spencer County. Current enrollment sits at 986 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Within Spencer County, which oversees 6 schools and 3,341 students, Spencer County High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Spencer County High School records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Spencer County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Spencer County High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 49.7%.

In the broader community, Spencer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $102,618 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Spencer County High School is one of 6 public schools in Spencer County (combined enrollment of about 3,341 students).

Spencer County Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Spencer County High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spencer County High School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spencer County High School has ticked up 8%, going from 914 students in 2018 to 986 in 2025.

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