Wolfe County High School

Wolfe County High School is one of the cozy high schools in Campton, Kentucky, overseen by Wolfe County, with 333 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Wolfe County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,072 students; Wolfe County High School is among them.

On demographics, Wolfe County High School reports that nearly all students (99%) are White. Compared to Wolfe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wolfe County High School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Wolfe County High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 32.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wolfe County) reports that median household earnings sit near $30,417, 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 31%. Wolfe County High School is one of 7 public schools in Wolfe County (combined enrollment of about 1,072 students).

Wolfe County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Wolfe County High School. On composite proficiency, Wolfe County High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wolfe County High School has edged down 9%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 333 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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