Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Ctr

Set in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Ctr is an one-room-style senior high, overseen by Bowling Green Independent. It teaches 35 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 94% smaller than the state mean of about 558.

Across the 10 schools in Bowling Green Independent (4,765 students total), Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Ctr accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Ctr reports that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Ctr tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Warren County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Warren County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,794 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Warren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,324 students), Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Ctr is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Childrens Crisis Stabilization Unit, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 169%: 13 students in 2018 compared to 35 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 15% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 6.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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