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Warren Central High School

Q: Is Warren Central High School a good school?

Warren Central High School ranks in the bottom 13.4% of Kentucky high schools.

Q: How many students attend Warren Central High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,070 students attended Warren Central High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Warren Central High School?

Students at Warren Central High School are 33% White, 25% African American, 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

Q: What schools feed into Warren Central High School?

Warren Central High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Jennings Creek Elementary Elementary : Lost River Elementary Elementary : Rockfield Elementary Elementary : Warren Elementary Middle : Henry F. Moss Middle School

Public Grades 9-12

220^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 254 Kentucky High Schools

Better than 13% of Kentucky high schools

Summary

Warren Central High School is a public high school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,073 students. The school is part of the Warren County School District, which is ranked 64 out of 157 districts in Kentucky and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's relatively high spending per student, Warren Central High School consistently underperforms compared to the Warren County district and the state of Kentucky in various academic measures. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school had significantly lower proficiency rates in KSA Mathematics, KSA Reading, and KSA Science. Additionally, the school has a higher dropout rate and chronic absenteeism rate compared to the district and state averages.

When comparing Warren Central High School to other nearby high schools in the same district, such as South Warren High School and Greenwood High School, the performance gap is quite significant, with these schools consistently outperforming Warren Central High School across various academic measures. The data also includes information about nearby virtual and alternative schools, which tend to serve a more specialized population and have their own unique challenges.

1,070

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,882

Per pupil spending ?

75%

Free/discounted lunch ?

559 Morgantown Rd
Bowling Green, KY 42101

(270) 842-7302

District: Warren County

Feeder schools for Warren Central High School:

Elementary:	Jennings Creek Elementary
	Lost River Elementary
	Rockfield Elementary
	Warren Elementary
Middle:	Henry F. Moss Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

33.2%

African American:

25.0%

Hispanic:

23.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 38th percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kentucky average (24% vs 39% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 25 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg45%

Kentucky avg39%

220^th of 254

Kentucky public high schools ?

Bottom 13%▼ down 24 pts since 2015

From bottom 38% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5High Schools in the Warren County

64^th of 157Warren County among Kentucky districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	14.2	220 of 254	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	214 of 290	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.1	213 of 276	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	221 of 271	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	7.7	249 of 267	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	34.3	190 of 285	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.8	139 of 271	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	44.6	192 of 287	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.5	198 of 288	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	43.8	184 of 295	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	43.1	180 of 290	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	41.2	189 of 291	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	27.7	186 of 229	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	47.7	117 of 226	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	45.5	125 of 223	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	44.8	116 of 217	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	53.4	89 of 217	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	48.5	103 of 217	52.5%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	67 of 75	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.2	63 of 93	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.2	60 of 83	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	67 of 89	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.4	64 of 78	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.4	54 of 89	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.9	48 of 94	48.9%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	26.9	18 of 25	28.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.3	16 of 27	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.5	19 of 26	26.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.6	21 of 28	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	9.7	21 of 23	8.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	19 of 25	24.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2022	13.8	147 of 153	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	30.9	106 of 154	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.2	93 of 166	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.0	138 of 166	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2024	33.8	29 of 48	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.1	16 of 41	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.7	10 of 37	73.0%	★★★★☆
2021	27.3	21 of 29	27.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.6	12 of 29	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	26.9	28 of 30	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	212 of 239	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.4	215 of 261	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	214 of 253	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.9	182 of 252	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.3	219 of 236	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	36.6	182 of 249	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	43.6	143 of 234	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	24.1	97 of 115	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.9	91 of 124	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.0	74 of 116	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.8	91 of 114	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	91 of 92	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	48.0	40 of 88	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.4	40 of 80	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2022	20.6	26 of 32	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	206 of 242	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.6	168 of 274	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.6	186 of 272	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.9	200 of 266	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.9	213 of 234	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	53.0	123 of 254	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.4	96 of 232	58.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	12.7	220 of 239	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.9	209 of 262	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	199 of 259	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.1	228 of 257	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.3	230 of 238	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	45.0	148 of 251	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.0	131 of 237	44.7%	★★☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2024	6.7	1 of 1	0.0%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	11.0	83 of 89	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.8	79 of 87	9.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.7	72 of 76	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	32 of 39	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2024	22.7	143 of 168	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	131 of 162	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.7	153 of 226	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	21.6	204 of 251	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.2	194 of 273	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	206 of 264	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.0	194 of 260	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.5	187 of 203	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	56.9	88 of 219	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.9	69 of 198	65.2%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)40th percentile+13 vs school

Asian (2025)28th percentile+15 vs school

Homeless (2022)19th percentile~ school

White (2025)19th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)16th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)15th percentile-11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile~ school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

African American (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)8th percentile-5 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)7th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)4th percentile-15 vs school

Migrant (2024)<1st percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?

Reading35%-12 vs state

Writing27%-18 vs state

Mathematics26%-15 vs state

Editing and Mechanics26%-15 vs state

Social Studies21%-17 vs state

Science10%-12 vs state

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Schools Near Warren Central High School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KSA Mathematics (2025)		KSA Reading (2025)		KSA Science (2025)	KSA Writing (2025)		KSA Social Studies (2025)		KSA Editing and Mechanics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Warren Central High School	Public	9-12	559 Morgantown Rd	Bowling Green	42101	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 842-7302	1,070	69	15.5	75.0%	355 (33.2%)	267 (25.0%)	251 (23.5%)	106 (9.9%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (2.4%)	64 (6.0%)	14.2	220^th of 254 public high schools	13.4%		24.5	214^th of 290 public high schools	26.2%	6		26.0		35.0	10.0		27.0		21.0		26.0	$16,882	$759	$922	$1,681	$8,563	$2,599	$11,162
GEO International High School	Public	9-12	1808 Loop Drive	Bowling Green	42101	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	No	(270) 842-7302	148	9	16.4	73.6%	4 (2.7%)	60 (40.5%)	74 (50.0%)	6 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Bowling Green Learning Center	Public, Virtual	6-12	503 Old Morgantown Rd	Bowling Green	42101	Warren County	Bowling Green Independent	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 746-2321	30	5	6.0	83.3%	11 (36.7%)	7 (23.3%)	11 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center	Public	6-12	1020 Kentucky St	Bowling Green	42102	Warren County	Bowling Green Independent	No	No	No	No	(270) 746-7155	35	3	11.6	100.0%	12 (34.3%)	20 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (8.6%)								(n/a)
Warren County Day Treatment	Public	7-12	877 Jackson Street	Bowling Green	42101	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	No	(270) 904-4131	21	2	10.5	95.2%	15 (71.4%)	3 (14.3%)	1 (4.8%)	2 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Lighthouse Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	877 Jackson St	Bowling Green	42101	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 782-5410	41	12	3.3	85.4%	21 (51.2%)	6 (14.6%)	8 (19.5%)	2 (4.9%)	1 (2.4%)	1 (2.4%)	2 (4.9%)								(n/a)
Beacon Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	1022 West Main Street	Bowling Green	42101	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 781-5150	137	4	34.2	56.2%	116 (84.7%)	6 (4.4%)	9 (6.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.6%)	17.3	214^th of 254 public high schools	15.7%		20.6	226^th of 290 public high schools	22.1%	12	38.0	12.0	46.0	39.0		54.0		54.0		69.0
Bowling Green High School	Public	9-12	1801 Rockingham Lane	Bowling Green	42104	Warren County	Bowling Green Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 746-2300	1,377	77	17.7	50.8%	578 (42.0%)	310 (22.5%)	315 (22.9%)	69 (5.0%)	3 (0.2%)	19 (1.4%)	83 (6.0%)	62	72^nd of 254 public high schools	71.7%		58.4	104^th of 290 public high schools	64.1%	32		49.0		46.0	29.0		43.0		46.0		44.0	$20,258	$655	$1,742	$2,397	$10,126	$3,305	$13,431
Rivendell High School	Public	9-12	1035 Porter Pike Rd	Bowling Green	42103	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	No	(270) 843-1199	59	5	11.8	27.1%	49 (83.1%)	5 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.5%)								(n/a)
Greenwood High School	Public	9-12	5065 Scottsville Road	Bowling Green	42104	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	No	(270) 842-3627	1,451	77	18.8	48.7%	926 (63.8%)	108 (7.4%)	144 (9.9%)	185 (12.7%)	3 (0.2%)	27 (1.9%)	58 (4.0%)	80.4	30^th of 254 public high schools	88.2%		78.9	31^st of 290 public high schools	89.3%	1		56.0		56.0	30.0		55.0		52.0		55.0	$17,060	$535	$565	$1,100	$8,695	$2,819	$11,514

Frequently Asked Questions about Warren Central High School

What district is Warren Central High School in?

Warren County

Is Warren Central High School a good school?

Warren Central High School ranks in the bottom 13.4% of Kentucky high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Warren Central High School?

Students at Warren Central High School are 33% White, 25% African American, 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

What schools feed into Warren Central High School?

Warren Central High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Jennings Creek Elementary
Elementary : Lost River Elementary
Elementary : Rockfield Elementary
Elementary : Warren Elementary
Middle : Henry F. Moss Middle School

How many students attend Warren Central High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,070 students attended Warren Central High School.

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