Bowling Green Junior High School, 900 Campbell Lane: grades 6-8, 1,042 students in 2024-25, rated yellow by Kentucky in 2025-26.
Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the Bowling Green Junior 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 and the federal NCES school directory.
Bowling Green Junior High School is a Bowling Green Independent Schools middle school serving sixth through eighth grade.
- Address: 900 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
- Phone: 270-746-2290
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: bgjhs.bgreen.kyschools.us/o/bgjhs
- District: Bowling Green Independent Schools, 270-746-2200
Who to call
- Bowling Green Junior High School front office: 270-746-2290
- 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 Robert Lightning, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
The federal NCES directory counted 1,042 students at Bowling Green Junior High School in the 2024-25 school year, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.3 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 Junior High School yellow for 2025-26, with an overall score of 58.3, in the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability data, released Oct. 14, 2026. The state average for middle schools was 59.1 (yellow), and BGISD’s middle school level scored 58.4 (yellow).
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:
| Subject | Bowling Green Junior High School | BGISD middle school level | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48% | 48% | 48% |
| Math | 44% | 44% | 40% |
| Science | 34% | 34% | 28% |
The 2025-26 file also lists Bowling Green Junior High School for Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI), a federal classification, because of results for one student group: students with disabilities.
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 Junior 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.
Students arrive from all five BGISD elementary schools: Dishman-McGinnis Elementary, Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary, Potter Gray Elementary, T.C. Cherry Elementary and W.R. McNeill Elementary. The district says sixth grade is when students from all five come together. From here students go on to Bowling Green High School, the district’s only high school.
Our neighborhood guides name Bowling Green Junior High School 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.
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 270-746-2290.
More
- The school’s website
- The Kentucky School Report Card for Bowling Green Junior 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 Junior High School serve?
Sixth through eighth grade. It is part of Bowling Green Independent Schools.
How is Bowling Green Junior High School rated on the Kentucky School Report Card?
Yellow, with an overall score of 58.3 in the state’s 2025-26 results. The state average for middle schools was 59.1.
Which high school does Bowling Green Junior High feed into?
Bowling Green High School, the only high school in Bowling Green Independent Schools.
Who is the principal of Bowling Green Junior High School?
Robert Lightning, according to the school’s website on Oct. 16, 2026.
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