Can I use Bath County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Bath County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Bath County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Bath County?

Start with the 5 listed public schools and 1 district entry, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Bath County Schools & Education

Name: Bath County, Kentucky Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Bath County, Kentucky

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

25/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Lower Signal

Graduation Rate

87.0%

National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Graduation Rate

87.0%

National avg 87.5%

State avg 93.8%

Per-Pupil Spending

$6,080

National avg $13,239

State avg $6,894

School Score

25/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 57/100

State Score Position

#119

of 120 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Bath County

Measured School Summary

Bath County faces educational challenges with a school score of 25/100 and a graduation rate of 87.0%, falling below typical benchmarks.

Funding Context

At $6,080 per pupil, Bath County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 56% below the Kentucky average, and its graduation rate trails the state average by 6.8 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 12% lower than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Bath County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

5 public schools and 1 district are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

25/100

Lower measured signal. Ranks #119 of 120 Kentucky counties with school score data.

Completion

87.0%

6.8 pts below the state average

Funding context

$6,080

$814 below the state average

School coverage

1 district represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

The county-level signal is lower, so review individual schools and local records before interpreting the score. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Bath County has 5 public schools across 1 district, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Bath County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Small-system county

Bath County has a compact public-school footprint. A single school change, boundary rule, or district update can move the lived experience more than the county score suggests.

State position

#119

of 120 Kentucky counties with school score data. The county score is 32 points below the state average.

Data confidence

Usable

3 of 5 county signals are present, and 100% of listed schools report enrollment. Compare schools, then verify missing fields locally.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

Bath County

Elementary to high school visible

1,972 students

Elementary 2Middle 1High 2Other 0

5 listed schools in this county slice.

District reality check

Bath County is the largest listed district slice, with 5 schools. County pages do not prove address assignment, so verify boundaries with local district tools.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Bath County?

Which attendance zones, transfer rules, and transportation policies apply inside the local district?

What changes at the elementary-to-middle and middle-to-high transitions in the district pathway we would likely use?

If we need a program not visible in the NCES flags, which district office can confirm current offerings?

Are the largest listed schools the ones our address can actually attend, or are they only county-level context?

Data Story

Bath County Composite School Score Below State Average

Education data brief for Bath County, Kentucky.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorPublished Jul 7, 2026Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

Lead metric:School score

Bath County reports a composite school score of 24.8, which is less than half of the Kentucky state average of 56.7 and the national median of 50.0. The county's education system consists of one district with five schools, all located in rural locales, serving a total of 1,972 students. The largest school is Bath County High School with 618 students. The graduation rate is 87.0%, which is exactly even with the national average but below the Kentucky state average of 93.8%. Financial data shows a per-pupil expenditure of $6,080, trailing the state average of $6,894 and the national average of $13,000. The directory includes one alternative school, Second Chance Academy, which serves 13 students. No charter schools operate within the county. Compare district boundaries before drawing conclusions.

Sources

NCES Common Core of Data
U.S. Census Bureau ACS

School Overview

Total Schools

in Bath County

Reported Enrollment

1,972

5 schools reporting

School Districts

district

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary2

Middle1

High2

Other0

1 School District in Bath County

Bath County

5 schools

1,972 students enrolled

5 Public Schools in Bath County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Every NCES public school remains listed here; no school-level profile pages are included in the current generated coverage for this county.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Bath County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Bath County High School	Record	Bath County	Owingsville, 40360Rural: Distant	9–12	High	618
Owingsville Elementary School	Record	Bath County	Owingsville, 40360Rural: Distant	PK–5	Primary	530
Bath County Middle School	Record	Bath County	Owingsville, 40360Rural: Distant	6–8	Middle	416
Crossroads Elementary School	Record	Bath County	Owingsville, 40360Rural: Distant	PK–5	Primary	395
Second Chance Academy	Record	Bath County	Owingsville, 40360Rural: Distant	6–12	Alternative	13

Bath County High School

Bath County