Warren East Middle School

Warren East Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Bowling Green, Kentucky, operated by Warren County. The school hosts 491 students in grades 7 through 8.

Warren County comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 18,559 students; Warren East Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Warren East Middle School lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Warren East Middle School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Warren East Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Warren East Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of -6.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Warren County) reports that median household earnings sit near $65,794, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Warren East Middle School is one of 45 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 23,324 students).

The closest other public school is Warren East High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Warren East Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 492 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 76% to 67%.

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