Schools · Bowling Green
Bowling Green, KY schools
Bowling Green’s public schools score above Kentucky’s averages: 43% of students are proficient in reading against 41.3% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.8%. Kids attend one of 6 schools through grade 6, then Drakes Creek Middle School or Henry F. Moss Middle School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Bowling Green’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Bowling Green’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
B+Test scoresB-Graduation
Kentucky school districts we grade (172)Better than 76%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kentucky towns with similar household incomes (203)Better than 81%
High confidence. Built on 8,557 tested students and a graduating class of 1,276; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kentucky’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Kentucky only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Kentucky with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Bowling Green kids go to school
Grades 7–8
ADrakes Creek Middle School or C-Henry F. Moss Middle School
Depends on your address Warren County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–8, Warren County)43%
State average 41.3%
Math (grades PK–8, Warren County)30%
State average 29.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
KY: 91.8%
Graduating class
1,276
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #35 of 120 KY towns →
Districts
The district serving Bowling Green
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 35 schools in Bowling Green
Showing 1–30 of 35 schools
Lost River ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 856 students
C-PublicJennings Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 852 students
DPublicWarren ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 714 students
DPublicWilliam H. Natcher ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 713 students
C+PublicCumberland Trace ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 699 students
APublicBriarwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 685 students
B+PublicDishman McGinnis Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 506 students
C-PublicPotter Gray ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 499 students
A+PublicW R McNeill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 433 students
APublicT C Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 431 students
C-PublicParker-Bennett-Curry SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 400 students
C-PublicRivendell ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 34 students
PublicSt. Joseph Interparochial SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 336 students
PrivateSt. Joseph SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 329 students
PrivateHoly Trinity Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 101 students
PrivateBowling Green Junior HighMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,042 students
A-PublicDrakes Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 704 students
APublicHenry F. Moss Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 580 students
C-PublicGreenwood High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,451 students
A-PublicBowling Green High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,377 students
B+PublicWarren Central High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,070 students
DPublicGEO International High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 148 students
D-PublicBeacon AcademyHigh · Grades 6–12 · 137 students
C+PublicRivendell High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 59 students
PublicLighthouse AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 41 students
PublicWarren Regional Juvenile Detention CtrHigh · Grades 6–12 · 35 students
D-PublicBowling Green Learning CenterHigh · Grades 6–12 · 30 students
D-PublicWarren County Day TreatmentHigh · Grades 7–12 · 21 students
PublicWarren Co. Area Technology CenterHigh · Grades 8–12
PublicJackson AcademyOther · Grades 3–12 · 18 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.