Webster County High School

Set in Dixon, Kentucky, Webster County High School is a mid-tier secondary school, part of Webster County. It educates 660 students across grades 9 through 12.

Webster County comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,165 students; Webster County High School is among them.

On demographics, Webster County High School logs that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Webster County High School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Webster County High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Webster County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Webster County High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.5%; this one comes in at 27.5%, -17.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Webster County) reports that median household income runs about $59,628, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Webster County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,165 students), Webster County High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Webster County Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Webster County High School. On composite proficiency, Webster County High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Webster County High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 667 students in 2018 to 660 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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