Public schools in Glasgow, KY

Glasgow has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,604 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Barren County runs 9 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Glasgow's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in GlasgowDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Barren County95,224$13,580
Glasgow Independent Schools62,490$13,265

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Glasgow, 1,927 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Barren County High School1,22015.846.0%Barren County
Glasgow High School60816.058.1%Glasgow Independent Schools
Success Academy6464.068.8%Glasgow Independent Schools
College Street Campus256.384.0%Barren County
Happy Valley Learning Center103.180.0%Glasgow Independent Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Glasgow, 1,194 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Barren County Middle School64916.255.3%Barren County
Glasgow Middle School54517.158.7%Glasgow Independent Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in Glasgow, 3,256 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Red Cross Elementary School67915.155.1%Barren County
Highland Elementary School61814.760.4%Glasgow Independent Schools
North Jackson Elementary53715.847.9%Barren County
South Green Elementary School48713.563.7%Glasgow Independent Schools
Eastern Elementary School34714.855.0%Barren County
Hiseville Elementary School32214.664.3%Barren County
Temple Hill Elementary School26614.054.9%Barren County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Glasgow, 227 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bavel22737.821.6%Barren County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Glasgow's public schools compare with Kentucky's

The median Glasgow school has 15.1 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Kentucky median of 15.0. 60% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 66% across the state. Its median school enrolls 487 students (state 437).

Glasgow against Kentucky, schools open in 2024-25 with students
GlasgowKentucky
Median students per teacher15.115.0
Median school size (students)487437
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)60%66%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%90%
Charter schools0%0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 15 Glasgow schools and the 1,381 Kentucky schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Glasgow

  1. Barren CountyRuns 9 of Glasgow's 15 public schools and spent $13,580 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,580
  2. Barren County High School, the largest high school in Glasgow1,220 students in 2024-25, 15.8 per teacher.1,220
  3. Compare Barren County with Glasgow Independent SchoolsGlasgow's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in KentuckyKentucky's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Glasgow addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Kentucky

  1. Louisville157 schools
  2. Lexington74 schools
  3. Bowling Green36 schools
  4. Owensboro31 schools
  5. Ashland18 schools
  6. Elizabethtown17 schools
  7. Frankfort17 schools
  8. Paducah17 schools

Questions about schools in Glasgow

  1. How many public schools are in Glasgow, KY?
    15 public schools with an address in Glasgow were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,604 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Glasgow?
    Barren County High School, with 1,220 students in 2024-25 (Barren County).
  3. Which districts run Glasgow's schools?
    Barren County (9 schools), Glasgow Independent Schools (6 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .