Williamstown Sr. High

Williamstown Sr. High is a micro-enrollment high school in Williamstown, Kentucky, overseen by Williamstown Independent. The school hosts 200 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Williamstown Sr. High sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Williamstown Independent, which oversees 4 schools and 859 students, Williamstown Sr. High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Williamstown Sr. High reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Williamstown Sr. High reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Williamstown Sr. High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Williamstown Sr. High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grant County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Williamstown Sr. High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 38.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household income runs about $69,178, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Williamstown Sr. High is one of 10 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 4,075 students).

The closest other public school is Williamstown Jr. High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Williamstown Sr. High. On composite proficiency, Williamstown Sr. High comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 227 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 97% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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