Bowling Green High School: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the Bowling Green High School website, Bowling Green Independent Schools (www.bgreen.kyschools.us), the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability datasets, the Kentucky School Report Card, the KHSAA’s 2025-26 football alignment and the federal NCES school directory.

Bowling Green High School is a Bowling Green Independent Schools high school serving ninth through 12th grade.

• Address: 1801 Rockingham Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
• Phone: 270-746-2300
• Grades: 9 to 12
• Website: bghs.bgreen.kyschools.us/o/bghs
• District: Bowling Green Independent Schools, 270-746-2200

Who to call

• Bowling Green High front office: 270-746-2300
• Bowling Green Independent Schools central office: 270-746-2200, 1211 Center St.
• Register a new student: the district’s Infinite Campus portal, or call the central office
• Bus stop and school for an address: the district’s Transportation InfoFinder

Principal

Principal Kyle McGraw, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal NCES directory counted 1,377 students at Bowling Green High in the 2024-25 school year, with 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students per teacher. The state’s report card has the school’s own current enrollment and staffing figures.

State report card

Kentucky rated Bowling Green High School green for 2025-26, with an overall score of 71.7, in the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability data, released Oct. 14, 2026. The state average for high schools was 67.5 (yellow), and BGISD’s high school level scored 71.3 (green).

For 2024-25 the school was rated green, according to the district’s summary of those results.

Kentucky Summative Assessment results for 2025-26, share of all tested students scoring proficient or distinguished:

The four-year graduation rate was 96.7% and the five-year rate 96.5%, in the state’s 2025-26 graduation file, against 94.1% and 94.5% statewide.

The 2025-26 file also lists Bowling Green High for Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI), a federal classification, because of results for one student group: English learners, including students monitored after leaving English learner services.

Kentucky’s system scores six indicators, from reading and math test results to school climate and safety, plus postsecondary readiness and graduation for high schools. “Color ratings include five performance levels from highest to lowest, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red,” the Department of Education says. The full report, with every student group, is on the Kentucky School Report Card for Bowling Green High School.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Bowling Green Independent Schools serves the city school district, which covers much of the city but not all of it; parts of the city are in Warren County Public Schools, and district lines do not follow the city limits. To see which BGISD schools serve an address, search it in the district’s Transportation InfoFinder, which lists the schools and bus stops for that address. Our schools guide explains how to tell the two districts apart from a tax bill.

Bowling Green High is the only high school in BGISD. Its students come up through Bowling Green Junior High, which takes students from all five district elementary schools: Dishman-McGinnis Elementary, Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary, Potter Gray Elementary, T.C. Cherry Elementary and W.R. McNeill Elementary.

Our neighborhood guides name Bowling Green High as a school for Briarwood, College Hill, Delafield, downtown, Shake Rag, St. Joseph and Upper East Main; the neighborhoods guide has the rest of the city.

Sports and activities

Bowling Green High plays football in Class 5A, District 2 for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, under the alignment the KHSAA Board of Control adopted May 9, 2024. The board adopted the February 2024 draft with moves that did not touch this district, which puts it with Barren County, Grayson County, Greenwood, Ohio County and Warren Central.

The school’s BGHS Athletics site lists archery, baseball, boys and girls basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, dance, esports, football, boys and girls golf, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, track and volleyball.

The district’s athletics page, Purple Athletics, reported in October 2026 that the boys and girls golf teams both won 3rd Region titles and finished fourth at the KHSAA state finals. The school’s staff list also names a principal for its LEAD Academy, Shawn Perkins.

Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

Calendar

Next dates from the district’s 2026-27 calendar:

• Monday, Nov. 2: professional development day, no school for students
• Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving holiday
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
• Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
• April 5-9, 2027: spring break
• Thursday, May 20, 2027: last day for students in grades K-12

For start and dismissal times, call the front office at 270-746-2300.

More

• The school’s website
• The Kentucky School Report Card for Bowling Green High School
• Bowling Green Independent Schools: www.bgreen.kyschools.us
• Every public school that serves Bowling Green, with ratings and zone links: our Bowling Green public schools guide
• Calendars, registration and which district you are in: our Bowling Green schools guide

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Bowling Green High serve?

Ninth through 12th grade. It is part of Bowling Green Independent Schools.

How is Bowling Green High rated on the Kentucky School Report Card?

Green, with an overall score of 71.7 in the state’s 2025-26 results. The state average for high schools was 67.5.

Which schools feed Bowling Green High School?

Bowling Green Junior High, which takes students from all five Bowling Green Independent elementary schools.

Who is the principal of Bowling Green High?

Kyle McGraw, according to the school’s website on Oct. 16, 2026.