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Woodford County High School
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Woodford County High School
As a large high school in Versailles, Kentucky, Woodford County High School enrolls 1,223 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Woodford County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Woodford County High School sits 119% above that benchmark.
Within Woodford County, which oversees 8 schools and 4,064 students, Woodford County High School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Woodford County High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.
On the income-and-resources front, Woodford County High School reports 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 42% of students at Woodford 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), Woodford County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Woodford County indicate median household income runs about $83,788, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Woodford County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,064 students), Woodford County High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Safe Harbor Academy, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodford County High School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.3%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 1,278 students in 2018 compared to 1,223 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 76% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.
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Woodford County at a glance
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- Woodford County Middle SchoolMiddle · 897 students
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- Woodford County Middle SchoolMiddle · 897 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Huntertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Simmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Woodford Virtual Learning AcademyHigh · 86 students
- Safe Harbor AcademyHigh · 33 students
- Safe Harbor Academy1.0 mi · 33
- Woodford Virtual Learning Academy1.0 mi · 86
- Simmons Elementary School1.2 mi · 415
- Woodford County Middle School1.7 mi · 897
- Southside Elementary School1.9 mi · 607
- Huntertown Elementary School1.9 mi · 443