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Ballard Memorial High School, Barlow, KY

CEP schoolBallard Memorial High School is a public high school in Barlow, part of Ballard County Public Schools. It enrolled 276 students in 2024-25, with 13.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
276
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
13.8
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.6 lower than the district figure of 15.4. The Kentucky average across schools is 15.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.8
District15.4
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
3561 Paducah Rd, Barlow, KY 42024
Phone
(270)665-8400
District
Ballard County Public Schools
County
Ballard County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
210021000036
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
142
Reduced-price lunch
7
Free or reduced-price lunch
14954.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
136Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Ballard County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.