High · Kentucky
Dawson Springs Jr/Sr High School
Free meals for allDawson Springs Jr/Sr High School, a public high school in Dawson Spgs, Kentucky: grades 6–12, 289 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dawson Springs Independent.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 289
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.5
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of high schools in Kentucky
Median 15.5 · 353 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 57% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 59% of high schools in Kentucky
Median 450 · 356 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kentucky: 48%40%proficient
+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 67% of high schools in Kentucky
Median 35% · 27 high schools compared
126 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%38%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 67% of high schools in Kentucky
Median 32% · 24 high schools compared
82 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dawson Springs Independent.
Location
- Address
- 317 Eli St, Dawson Spgs, KY 42408
- Phone
- (270)797-2957
- City or town
- Dawson Springs
- County
- Hopkins County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Caldwell County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 561 | 18.7 |
Caldwell County Area Technology CenterCareer and technical | 8–12 | 0 | — |
Hopkins County Central High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 861 | 14.1 |
Hopkins County Day TreatmentAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 29 | 6.4 |
Hopkins Co Career & Technology CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — |
Madisonville North Hopkins High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,023 | 16.4 |
Sources
- 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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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