📍 1022 West Main Street, Bowling Green, Warren County, 42101
Beacon Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Bowling Green, Warren County. The school has 191 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Warren County school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 47.8:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Beacon Academy enrolls 191 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 34% male and 66% female. A teaching staff of 4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 47.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 151 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 7.9% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
131 of the school's 191 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 127 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Beacon Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KY-20, state senate district 32, state house district 19.
Beacon Academy is one of 34 schools in Warren County, based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The district serves 18,559 students district-wide and employs 1,064 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 191 students, Beacon Academy is smaller than the district average of about 546 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe