Warren Central High School

Summary:

Warren Central High School is a public high school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,021 students. The school is part of the Warren County School District, which is ranked 75 out of 159 districts in Kentucky and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Despite its relatively high per-student spending and low student-teacher ratio, Warren Central High School faces significant challenges in academic performance, particularly in mathematics and for certain student subgroups. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kentucky high schools over the past several years, with only 29% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in ACT English and just 15% in ACT Mathematics, compared to the district and state averages. The school's performance is particularly low for students with disabilities, ranking in the bottom 15% of Kentucky high schools in this category.

In contrast, nearby high-performing schools like South Warren High School and Greenwood High School have significantly higher academic performance, with over 50% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in both English and Mathematics. Despite its high four-year graduation rate, Warren Central High School's academic performance has been relatively stagnant over the past several years, and addressing these disparities should be a priority for the school and district.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 559 Morgantown Rd
       Bowling Green, KY  42101


(270) 842-7302

District: Warren County

SchoolDigger Rank:
214th of 290 Kentucky High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,496 Help


Feeder schools for Warren Central High School:

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

Student/teacher ratio:  15.2 Help
Number of students:  1,021

Racial breakdown:

White:
39.1%
African American:
23.8%
Hispanic:
19.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.8% Help


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Compare Details Warren Central High School ranks worse than 73.8% of high schools in Kentucky. It also ranks 4th among 6 ranked high schools in the Warren County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.52. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Warren Central High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Warren Central High School has the largest high school student body size in the Warren County School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Warren Central High School is $15,496, which is the highest among 8 high schools in the Warren County School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Warren Central High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Warren Central High School 214th of 290 Kentucky public high schools. (See Warren Central High School in the ranking list.)

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Warren County:

SchoolDigger ranks Warren County 75th of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Warren Central High School

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Rank History for all students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 48.53 103rd 217 52.5%
2008 53.43 89th 217 59.0%
2009 44.85 116th 217 46.5%
2010 45.53 125th 223 43.9%
2011 47.72 117th 226 48.2%
2012 27.67 186th 229 18.8%
2013 41.17 189th 291 35.1%
2014 43.05 180th 290 37.9%
2015 43.76 184th 295 37.6%
2016 40.46 198th 288 31.3%
2017 44.60 192nd 287 33.1%
2018 47.80 139th 271 48.7%
2019 34.35 190th 285 33.3%
2021 7.70 249th 267 6.7%
2022 20.22 221st 271 18.5%
2023 23.06 213th 276 22.8%
2024 24.52 214th 290 26.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.61 32nd 39 17.9%
2023 18.75 72nd 76 5.3%
2024 16.77 79th 87 9.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.87 28th 30 6.7%
2019 50.55 12th 29 58.6%
2021 27.31 21st 29 27.6%
2022 54.73 10th 37 73.0%
2023 47.06 16th 41 61.0%
2024 33.84 29th 48 39.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 38.71 153rd 226 32.3%
2023 26.44 131st 162 19.1%
2024 22.74 143rd 168 14.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.42 96th 232 58.6%
2019 53.05 123rd 254 51.6%
2021 16.85 213th 234 9.0%
2022 30.94 200th 266 24.8%
2023 34.58 186th 272 31.6%
2024 39.63 168th 274 38.7%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 6.67 1st 1 0.0%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 20.60 26th 32 18.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.59 143rd 234 38.9%
2019 36.64 182nd 249 26.9%
2021 9.33 219th 236 7.2%
2022 31.88 182nd 252 27.8%
2023 18.57 214th 253 15.4%
2024 20.44 215th 261 17.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.99 138th 166 16.9%
2019 41.17 93rd 166 44.0%
2021 30.91 106th 154 31.2%
2022 13.76 147th 153 3.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.96 131st 237 44.7%
2019 44.99 148th 251 41.0%
2021 6.30 230th 238 3.4%
2022 12.06 228th 257 11.3%
2023 24.57 199th 259 23.2%
2024 21.95 209th 262 20.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.78 19th 25 24.0%
2021 9.73 21st 23 8.7%
2022 24.62 21st 28 25.0%
2023 27.49 19th 26 26.9%
2024 31.30 16th 27 40.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.86 48th 94 48.9%
2019 38.40 54th 89 39.3%
2021 24.42 64th 78 17.9%
2022 24.56 67th 89 24.7%
2023 30.23 60th 83 27.7%
2024 32.19 63rd 93 32.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.44 40th 80 50.0%
2019 48.01 40th 88 54.5%
2021 9.37 91st 92 1.1%
2022 23.76 91st 114 20.2%
2023 37.97 74th 116 36.2%
2024 33.87 91st 124 26.6%
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Rank History for White students at Warren Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.86 69th 198 65.2%
2019 56.91 88th 219 59.8%
2021 12.45 187th 203 7.9%
2022 27.00 194th 260 25.4%
2023 24.36 206th 264 22.0%
2024 30.15 194th 273 28.9%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Warren Central High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1808 162 17 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1995
1989 1738 150 25 4 2 n/a n/a 0 1919
1990 1681 146 23 11 0 n/a n/a 0 1861
1991 838 120 11 3 0 n/a n/a 0 972
1992 842 112 15 3 1 n/a n/a 0 973
1993 858 113 18 4 0 n/a n/a 0 993
1994 858 113 10 4 0 n/a n/a 0 985
1995 832 108 7 6 1 n/a n/a 0 954
1996 832 108 7 6 1 n/a n/a 0 954
1997 807 105 8 5 1 n/a n/a 0 926
1998 68 17 5 1 0 n/a n/a 881 972
1999 856 144 23 10 0 n/a n/a 9 1042
2000 862 155 18 14 1 n/a n/a 18 1068
2001 835 147 17 17 2 n/a n/a 59 1077
2002 889 161 19 26 5 n/a n/a 0 1100
2003 889 161 19 26 5 n/a n/a 0 1100
2004 903 150 14 34 2 n/a n/a 0 1103
2005 896 179 15 39 1 n/a n/a 0 1130
2006 882 189 14 49 1 n/a n/a 0 1135
2007 764 201 20 47 0 n/a n/a 114 1146
2008 818 198 24 61 2 n/a n/a 8 1111
2009 826 201 19 61 1 n/a n/a 15 1123
2010 794 178 31 68 2 n/a n/a 24 1097
2011 655 165 50 88 2 5 21 0 986
2012 635 184 58 86 2 1 27 0 993
2013 619 173 53 94 2 1 41 0 983
2014 587 179 48 111 0 2 47 0 974
2015 590 187 73 134 0 2 48 0 1034
2016 575 208 86 148 0 0 48 0 1065
2017 504 156 48 127 1 2 49 0 887
2018 489 169 69 142 0 2 52 0 923
2019 476 196 88 168 1 6 49 0 984
2020 415 221 109 187 0 17 50 0 999
2021 448 220 125 184 1 14 55 0 1047
2022 408 227 123 194 2 24 53 0 1031
2023 399 243 108 194 2 24 51 0 1021

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Warren Central High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1995 104.0 19.1 n/a
1989 1919 103.9 18.4 n/a
1990 1861 99.1 18.7 n/a
1991 972 63.1 15.4 n/a
1992 973 59.4 16.3 n/a
1993 993 60.9 16.3 n/a
1994 985 61.4 16.0 n/a
1995 954 65.5 14.6 n/a
1996 954 65.5 14.6 n/a
1997 926 65.4 14.2 26
1998 972 72.3 13.4 325.3
1999 1042 65.5 15.9 30.1
2000 1068 67.7 15.8 32.8
2001 1077 68.5 15.7 38.7
2002 1100 66.0 16.7 63
2003 1100 66.0 16.7 63
2004 1103 65.5 16.8 n/a
2005 1130 66.0 17.1 n/a
2006 1135 66.0 17.2 46.2
2007 1146 71.0 16.1 50.7
2008 1111 69.0 16.1 50
2009 1123 66.5 16.9 59.9
2010 1097 58.5 18.7 59
2011 986 62.0 15.9 54.1
2012 993 65.0 15.2 70.9
2013 983 59.0 16.6 72.9
2014 974 56.1 17.3 72.5
2015 1034 61.0 16.9 74.1
2016 1065 73.0 14.5 76.4
2017 887 71.9 12.3 75
2018 923 63.4 14.5 72
2019 984 62.4 15.7 65.3
2020 999 64.7 15.4 67.2
2021 1047 64.4 16.2 91.7
2022 1031 66.6 15.4 90.2
2023 1021 67.0 15.2 76.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Warren Central High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1995 104.0 19.1 n/a
1989 1919 103.9 18.4 n/a
1990 1861 99.1 18.7 n/a
1991 972 63.1 15.4 n/a
1992 973 59.4 16.3 n/a
1993 993 60.9 16.3 n/a
1994 985 61.4 16.0 n/a
1995 954 65.5 14.6 n/a
1996 954 65.5 14.6 n/a
1997 926 65.4 14.2 26
1998 972 72.3 13.4 325.3
1999 1042 65.5 15.9 30.1
2000 1068 67.7 15.8 32.8
2001 1077 68.5 15.7 38.7
2002 1100 66.0 16.7 63
2003 1100 66.0 16.7 63
2004 1103 65.5 16.8 n/a
2005 1130 66.0 17.1 n/a
2006 1135 66.0 17.2 46.2
2007 1146 71.0 16.1 50.7
2008 1111 69.0 16.1 50
2009 1123 66.5 16.9 59.9
2010 1097 58.5 18.7 59
2011 986 62.0 15.9 54.1
2012 993 65.0 15.2 70.9
2013 983 59.0 16.6 72.9
2014 974 56.1 17.3 72.5
2015 1034 61.0 16.9 74.1
2016 1065 73.0 14.5 76.4
2017 887 71.9 12.3 75
2018 923 63.4 14.5 72
2019 984 62.4 15.7 65.3
2020 999 64.7 15.4 67.2
2021 1047 64.4 16.2 91.7
2022 1031 66.6 15.4 90.2
2023 1021 67.0 15.2 76.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Warren Central High School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $676 (4.4%) $176 (1.1%) $853 (5.5%) $8,361 (54.3%) $2,925 (19.0%) $11,285 (73.3%) $15,397
2019 $755 (4.2%) $208 (1.1%) $963 (5.3%) $7,684 (42.4%) $2,227 (12.3%) $9,911 (54.7%) $18,114
2020 $669 (2.8%) $129 (0.5%) $797 (3.4%) $7,776 (32.9%) $2,544 (10.7%) $10,320 (43.6%) $23,670
2021 $817 (5.9%) $382 (2.8%) $1,199 (8.6%) $7,482 (53.9%) $1,624 (11.7%) $9,106 (65.6%) $13,874
2022 $1,343 (8.7%) $945 (6.1%) $2,287 (14.8%) $8,490 (54.8%) $2,008 (13.0%) $10,497 (67.7%) $15,496

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Warren Central High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 190th of 285 High schoolsRanks 213th of 276 High schools
 10.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English (Warren Central High School)3523
 12%
   11th Grade English (Warren County)56.650
 6.6%
   11th Grade English (Kentucky)49.147
 2.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Warren Central High School)23.618
 5.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Warren County)43.238
 5.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kentucky)36.433
 3.4%
11th Grade Reading (Warren Central High School)31.426
 5.4%
   11th Grade Reading (Warren County)53.549
 4.5%
   11th Grade Reading (Kentucky)4644
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students9841021
 3.8%
African American196243
 24%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian88108
 22.7%
Hispanic168194
 15.5%
Pacific Islander624
 300%
White476399
 16.2%
Two or More Races4951
 4.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.3%76.8%
 11.4%


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Students at Warren Central High School are 39% White, 24% African American, 19% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

Warren Central High School ranks 214th of 290 Kentucky high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,021 students attended Warren Central High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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