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Somerset High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
301 College St
Somerset, KY 42501
Phone
(606) 678-4721
District
Somerset Independent
County
PULASKI COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
521
Classroom Teachers
41

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

8

(10 is best)

Better than 77.2% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Somerset High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
40%
57%
45%
43%
34%
50%
40%
57%
45%
43%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 151 29.0%
Grade 10 138 26.5%
Grade 11 126 24.2%
Grade 12 105 20.2%
Total 521 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.3% 86.7% 76.7%
Black 4.4% 3.4% 11.5%
Hispanic 9.1% 8.8% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 1.1% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 53.7% 64.6% 57.3%
Free lunch eligible 51.6% 62.5% 54.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.1% 2.0% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,862 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,298.1 114
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.9% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.5% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.8% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 21.0% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,325 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 9.8% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 79.2% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.9% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.2% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.5% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.3% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.1% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.5% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 23.2% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 24.3% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,173 $11,584,000 54.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $473 $764,000 3.6%
Staff $493 $796,000 3.7%
General Administration $433 $699,000 3.3%
School Administration $607 $981,000 4.6%
Operation $1,165 $1,882,000 8.9%
Transportation $314 $507,000 2.4%
Other $267 $431,000 2.0%
Total Support $3,752 $6,060,000 28.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,220 $3,586,000 16.9%
Total Expenditures $13,146 $21,230,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,206 $4,756,220,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $653 $431,000,000 4.7%
Staff $636 $419,649,000 4.6%
General Administration $271 $178,736,000 1.9%
School Administration $732 $482,815,000 5.3%
Operation $986 $650,768,000 7.1%
Transportation $576 $380,254,000 4.1%
Other $356 $235,292,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,210 $2,778,514,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,506 $1,654,224,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,922 $9,188,958,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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