Woodford County High School

Summary:

Woodford County High School is a public high school located in Versailles, Kentucky, serving 1,300 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Woodford County School District, which is ranked 29th out of 159 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Woodford County High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Kentucky, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking 22nd out of 290 schools statewide. The school's students perform significantly better than the state average on standardized tests, with 54% of 11th-graders proficient or better in ACT English, compared to the state average of 44%. Woodford County High School also boasts an impressive 97.2% four-year graduation rate, well above the state average. However, the school's performance for Hispanic and English Language Learner (ELL) students is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom half of Kentucky high schools.

In comparison, the nearby Franklin County High School is ranked 143rd out of 290 Kentucky high schools and has a lower graduation rate of 92.6%. On the other hand, the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington has a higher percentage of proficient or better students in the Hispanic and ELL subgroups compared to Woodford County High School. Additionally, the Safe Harbor Academy, a virtual high school in the Woodford County School District, has significantly lower academic performance than Woodford County High School.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 180 Frankfort St
       Versailles, KY  40383


(859) 879-4630

District: Woodford County

SchoolDigger Rank:
22nd of 290 Kentucky High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,453 Help


Feeder schools for Woodford County High School:

Elementary:    Huntertown Elementary School
    Northside Elementary School
    Simmons Elementary School
    Southside Elementary School
Middle:    Woodford County Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.5 Help
Number of students:  1,300

Racial breakdown:

White:
74.3%
Hispanic:
16.5%
Two or more races:
4.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.9% Help


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Compare Details Woodford County High School ranks better than 92.4% of high schools in Kentucky. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.97. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Woodford County 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.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Woodford County High School is $13,453.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Woodford County High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Woodford County High School 22nd of 290 Kentucky public high schools. (See Woodford County High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Woodford County:

SchoolDigger ranks Woodford County 29th of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Woodford County High School

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Rank History for all students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 66.47 58th 217 73.3%
2008 61.06 61st 217 71.9%
2009 75.04 27th 217 87.6%
2010 82.10 20th 223 91.0%
2011 79.16 24th 226 89.4%
2012 83.61 21st 229 90.8%
2013 85.40 22nd 291 92.4%
2014 82.73 30th 290 89.7%
2015 79.67 35th 295 88.1%
2016 79.50 33rd 288 88.5%
2017 87.53 14th 287 95.1%
2018 75.65 47th 271 82.7%
2019 83.51 31st 285 89.1%
2021 68.52 48th 267 82.0%
2022 66.28 63rd 271 76.8%
2023 64.08 72nd 276 73.9%
2024 83.97 22nd 290 92.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.81 33rd 42 21.4%
2019 61.66 15th 39 61.5%
2021 55.65 23rd 49 53.1%
2022 52.70 29th 77 62.3%
2024 82.20 12th 87 86.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 21.48 36th 41 12.2%
2024 26.05 33rd 48 31.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 78.80 27th 226 88.1%
2023 47.24 69th 162 57.4%
2024 69.24 23rd 168 86.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.95 120th 232 48.3%
2019 72.40 49th 254 80.7%
2021 54.36 79th 234 66.2%
2022 51.56 111th 266 58.3%
2023 42.48 160th 272 41.2%
2024 56.22 97th 274 64.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.66 50th 234 78.6%
2019 79.35 30th 249 88.0%
2021 66.17 49th 236 79.2%
2022 65.32 66th 252 73.8%
2023 68.63 53rd 253 79.1%
2024 83.14 22nd 261 91.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.70 38th 166 77.1%
2019 66.50 38th 166 77.1%
2021 53.03 53rd 154 65.6%
2022 54.20 47th 153 69.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.66 31st 115 73.0%
2019 56.20 50th 102 51.0%
2023 28.60 18th 23 21.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.20 66th 237 72.2%
2019 80.07 29th 251 88.4%
2021 64.81 49th 238 79.4%
2022 61.80 75th 257 70.8%
2023 58.57 85th 259 67.2%
2024 79.68 27th 262 89.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 86.05 8th 89 91.0%
2021 34.31 50th 78 35.9%
2024 62.65 27th 93 71.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.55 76th 80 5.0%
2019 65.49 26th 88 70.5%
2021 30.79 66th 92 28.3%
2022 35.33 74th 114 35.1%
2023 32.87 81st 116 30.2%
2024 45.14 67th 124 46.0%
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Rank History for White students at Woodford County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.94 33rd 198 83.3%
2019 81.84 25th 219 88.6%
2021 71.96 32nd 203 84.2%
2022 68.30 52nd 260 80.0%
2023 69.29 54th 264 79.5%
2024 87.63 20th 273 92.7%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Woodford County High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1050 104 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1154
1989 983 89 1 2 2 n/a n/a 0 1077
1990 965 88 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1053
1991 945 73 4 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1023
1992 980 72 3 4 5 n/a n/a 0 1064
1993 995 69 3 11 2 n/a n/a 0 1080
1994 1052 76 2 4 4 n/a n/a 0 1138
1995 1053 97 2 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1160
1996 1053 97 2 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1160
1997 1047 108 5 10 1 n/a n/a 0 1171
1998 1014 100 3 10 1 n/a n/a 8 1136
1999 973 79 2 10 0 n/a n/a 14 1078
2000 1024 76 3 18 0 n/a n/a 4 1125
2001 1016 66 2 22 1 n/a n/a 6 1113
2002 1029 65 0 31 0 n/a n/a 0 1125
2003 1029 65 0 31 0 n/a n/a 0 1125
2004 1044 69 3 37 1 n/a n/a 0 1154
2005 1057 69 7 31 3 n/a n/a 0 1167
2006 1058 79 11 31 3 n/a n/a 0 1182
2007 1066 76 7 31 4 n/a n/a 15 1199
2008 1068 82 6 45 2 n/a n/a 20 1223
2009 1084 70 7 56 3 n/a n/a 17 1237
2010 1114 72 8 65 1 n/a n/a 21 1281
2011 1062 66 8 70 1 0 23 0 1230
2012 1046 79 6 81 2 0 22 0 1236
2013 1022 65 3 92 2 0 25 0 1209
2014 1015 59 7 106 2 0 34 0 1223
2015 1035 54 13 116 1 0 36 0 1255
2016 1038 46 14 134 1 0 45 0 1278
2017 985 48 17 164 0 0 48 0 1262
2018 977 52 23 175 0 0 51 0 1278
2019 950 53 22 197 1 0 53 0 1276
2020 933 48 25 202 1 0 61 0 1270
2021 958 44 19 190 1 0 62 0 1274
2022 977 48 16 195 2 0 55 0 1293
2023 966 50 14 214 1 1 54 0 1300

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

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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 Woodford County High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1154 66.4 17.3 n/a
1989 1077 61.6 17.4 n/a
1990 1053 63.3 16.6 n/a
1991 1023 59.4 17.2 n/a
1992 1064 58.6 18.1 n/a
1993 1080 57.7 18.7 n/a
1994 1138 60.4 18.8 n/a
1995 1160 55.2 21.0 n/a
1996 1160 55.2 21.0 n/a
1997 1171 63.0 18.6 7.8
1998 1136 65.3 17.4 12.2
1999 1078 62.2 17.3 17.1
2000 1125 62.8 17.9 12.8
2001 1113 61.7 18.0 14.8
2002 1125 62.7 17.9 23.6
2003 1125 62.7 17.9 23.6
2004 1154 62.6 18.4 n/a
2005 1167 59.1 19.7 n/a
2006 1182 62.9 18.8 18.1
2007 1199 68.0 17.6 19.1
2008 1223 63.7 19.2 18.5
2009 1237 64.7 19.1 22.8
2010 1281 59.2 21.6 24.5
2011 1230 63.2 19.4 24.6
2012 1236 64.6 19.1 28.6
2013 1209 64.8 18.6 30.1
2014 1223 63.9 19.1 32.9
2015 1255 65.0 19.3 33.7
2016 1278 66.0 19.3 35.1
2017 1262 67.9 18.5 37.1
2018 1278 68.8 18.5 39.2
2019 1276 69.0 18.4 38.4
2020 1270 70.2 18.0 41.7
2021 1274 72.4 17.5 32.9
2022 1293 71.7 18.0 35.7
2023 1300 70.2 18.5 40.9

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 Woodford County High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1154 66.4 17.3 n/a
1989 1077 61.6 17.4 n/a
1990 1053 63.3 16.6 n/a
1991 1023 59.4 17.2 n/a
1992 1064 58.6 18.1 n/a
1993 1080 57.7 18.7 n/a
1994 1138 60.4 18.8 n/a
1995 1160 55.2 21.0 n/a
1996 1160 55.2 21.0 n/a
1997 1171 63.0 18.6 7.8
1998 1136 65.3 17.4 12.2
1999 1078 62.2 17.3 17.1
2000 1125 62.8 17.9 12.8
2001 1113 61.7 18.0 14.8
2002 1125 62.7 17.9 23.6
2003 1125 62.7 17.9 23.6
2004 1154 62.6 18.4 n/a
2005 1167 59.1 19.7 n/a
2006 1182 62.9 18.8 18.1
2007 1199 68.0 17.6 19.1
2008 1223 63.7 19.2 18.5
2009 1237 64.7 19.1 22.8
2010 1281 59.2 21.6 24.5
2011 1230 63.2 19.4 24.6
2012 1236 64.6 19.1 28.6
2013 1209 64.8 18.6 30.1
2014 1223 63.9 19.1 32.9
2015 1255 65.0 19.3 33.7
2016 1278 66.0 19.3 35.1
2017 1262 67.9 18.5 37.1
2018 1278 68.8 18.5 39.2
2019 1276 69.0 18.4 38.4
2020 1270 70.2 18.0 41.7
2021 1274 72.4 17.5 32.9
2022 1293 71.7 18.0 35.7
2023 1300 70.2 18.5 40.9

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 Woodford County 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 $273 (2.5%) $179 (1.6%) $452 (4.1%) $7,825 (71.4%) $1,752 (16.0%) $9,577 (87.4%) $10,955
2019 $165 (1.6%) $72 (0.7%) $238 (2.3%) $8,080 (78.2%) $2,022 (19.6%) $10,101 (97.7%) $10,339
2020 $156 (1.5%) $40 (0.4%) $196 (1.8%) $8,338 (78.2%) $2,135 (20.0%) $10,473 (98.2%) $10,669
2021 $382 (3.1%) $397 (3.2%) $1,545 (12.5%) $8,406 (67.8%) $1,713 (13.8%) $9,356 (75.5%) $12,396
2022 $593 (4.4%) $249 (1.9%) $843 (6.3%) $482 (3.6%) $2,224 (16.5%) $10,903 (81.0%) $13,453

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Woodford County High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 31st of 285 High schoolsRanks 72nd of 276 High schools
 15.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English (Woodford County High School)59.657
 2.6%
   11th Grade English (Woodford County)57.255
 2.2%
   11th Grade English (Kentucky)49.147
 2.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Woodford County High School)54.351
 3.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Woodford County)51.950
 1.9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kentucky)36.433
 3.4%
11th Grade Reading (Woodford County High School)58.957
 1.9%
   11th Grade Reading (Woodford County)57.255
 2.2%
   11th Grade Reading (Kentucky)4644
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12761300
 1.9%
African American5350
 5.7%
American Indian11
Asian2214
 36.4%
Hispanic197214
 8.6%
Pacific Islander01
White950966
 1.7%
Two or More Races5354
 1.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.4%40.9%
 2.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Woodford County High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,300 students attended Woodford County High School.

Yes. Woodford County High School ranks in the top 7.6% of Kentucky high schools.

Students at Woodford County High School are 74% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 4% African American, 1% Asian.


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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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