School district · Kentucky
Bowling Green Independent
Bowling Green Independent in Kentucky: 10 public schools with 4,765 students and 16.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,354 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 4,765
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- KY 15.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,354
- KY $14.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 294
- Counselors (FTE)
- 13.0
- Students per counselor
- 367
- KY 320 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 4.0
- Librarians (FTE): 7.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$9.8K15
$10.3K16
$10.3K17
$11.1K18
$11.3K19
$11.7K20
$12.9K21
$13.5K22
$14.1K23
$14.4K24
- Federal
- 23% · $18.4M
- State
- 48% · $37.9M
- Local
- 29% · $22.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,943
- Support services
- $5,006
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $22M
- Long-term debt
- $55.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 1High schools: 3Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Dishman McGinnis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 506 | 14.6 |
Parker-Bennett-Curry SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 400 | 12.0 |
Potter Gray ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 499 | 18.4 |
T C Cherry Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 431 | 16.0 |
W R McNeill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 433 | 15.4 |
Bowling Green Junior HighFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,042 | 18.0 |
Bowling Green High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,377 | 17.8 |
Bowling Green Learning CenterAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for all | 6–12 | 30 | 6.0 |
Warren Regional Juvenile Detention CtrAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 35 | 11.7 |
Childrens Crisis Stabilization UnitAlternativeFree meals for all | K–12 | 12 | 12.0 |
Sources
- Address
- 1211 Center St, Bowling Green, KY 42101
- Phone
- (270)746-2200
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).