NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Glasgow, KY

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15 public K-12 schools in Glasgow from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
6,604
Students
50.7/100
Avg Resource Index
17.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Glasgow has more public-school enrollment than 67% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Glasgow's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

11 of Glasgow's 15 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Glasgow's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 89th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 28th percentile. The 61-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 33%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
89th percentile
Teacher staffing
28th percentile

Barren County High School accounts for 18.5% of all Glasgow public-school enrollment

That concentration means Glasgow-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Glasgow school enrollment varies 122× across entities

Glasgow school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 1,220 students (highest), a spread of 1,210 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Glasgow reports 53.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Glasgow student-teacher ratio is 17.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Glasgow is typically wider than the Glasgow-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Happy Valley Learning Center 72
2. College Street Campus 61
3. Temple Hill Elementary School 58
4. Red Cross Elementary School 54
5. Glasgow High School 54
6. Bavel 54
7. Eastern Elementary School 53
8. Glasgow Middle School 51
9. Hiseville Elementary School 51
10. North Jackson Elementary 46
11. Barren County High School 45
12. Highland Elementary School 45
13. South Green Elementary School 42
14. Barren County Middle School 40
15. Success Academy 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Glasgow

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Glasgow High School 63.2/100
  2. 2 South Green Elementary School 61.4/100
  3. 3 Glasgow Middle School 59.9/100
  4. 4 Highland Elementary School 56.6/100
  5. 5 Happy Valley Learning Center 56.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Glasgow?

Which Glasgow school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Happy Valley Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Glasgow schools in this federal-data comparison at 72/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Glasgow, KY? ▼

Glasgow has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,604 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.