High Schools in Nicholas County

Nicholas County, Kentucky has only one high school, Nicholas County High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kentucky high schools, with a 2-out-of-5-star rating on the SchoolDigger scale, indicating below-average performance.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $33,933, which is significantly higher than the state average, Nicholas County High School's test scores are below state averages in most subject areas and grade levels. However, the school does show some strengths, with 11th-grade writing proficiency and 8th-grade editing and mechanics proficiency exceeding the state averages.

The school faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with 60.09% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and a student-teacher ratio of 16.5, slightly higher than the state average. While the school's four-year graduation rate of 93.5% is slightly above the state average, its dropout rate of 1.1% is lower than the state average. Overall, Nicholas County High School appears to be an underperforming school that could benefit from targeted interventions to address its academic and socioeconomic challenges.