Drakes Creek Middle School, 704 Cypress Wood Way: grades 7-8, 704 students in 2024-25, rated green by Kentucky in 2025-26.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the Drakes Creek Middle School website, Warren County Public Schools (www.warrencountyschools.org), the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability datasets, the Kentucky School Report Card and the federal NCES school directory.

Drakes Creek Middle School is a Warren County Public Schools middle school serving seventh through eighth grade.

Who to call

Principal

Principal Bonnie Spears, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal NCES directory counted 704 students at Drakes Creek Middle School in the 2024-25 school year, with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.0 students per teacher. The state’s report card has the school’s own current enrollment and staffing figures.

State report card

Kentucky rated Drakes Creek Middle School green for 2025-26, with an overall score of 73.3, 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 WCPS’s middle school level scored 66.2 (green).

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

Subject Drakes Creek Middle School WCPS middle school level Kentucky
Reading 66% 56% 48%
Math 60% 51% 40%
Science 49% 36% 28%

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 Drakes Creek Middle School.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Warren County Public Schools serves the county outside the Bowling Green Independent district, including large parts of the city. Zones do not follow city limits.

Drakes Creek Middle School is the middle school of the Greenwood area, according to the district’s Greenwood Area page. The area’s elementary schools are Alvaton Elementary, Briarwood Elementary, Cumberland Trace Elementary and William H. Natcher Elementary, and its high school is Greenwood High School.

The area page links each school’s bus routes. To check one address, use the district’s School Attendance Area map, linked from its Bus Routes/School Attendance Area page. Some families in the Greenwood area live outside Bowling Green; inside the city, part of the area is in the Bowling Green Independent district instead, so check both.

Our neighborhood guides name Drakes Creek Middle School as a school for Briarwood and Greenwood and Scottsville Road; the neighborhoods guide has the rest of the city.

Calendar

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

  • Monday, Nov. 2: PLC day, no school for students
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, no school
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • Monday, Jan. 4, 2027: PLC day, no school for students
  • April 5-9, 2027: spring break
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day for students

For start and dismissal times, call the front office at 270-843-0165.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Drakes Creek Middle School serve?

Seventh through eighth grade. It is part of Warren County Public Schools.

How is Drakes Creek Middle School rated on the Kentucky School Report Card?

Green, with an overall score of 73.3 in the state’s 2025-26 results. The state average for middle schools was 59.1.

Which high school does Drakes Creek Middle School feed into?

Greenwood High School. Both are in Warren County Public Schools’ Greenwood area, according to the district.

Who is the principal of Drakes Creek Middle School?

Bonnie Spears, according to the school’s website on Oct. 16, 2026.