South Warren Middle School, 295 Rich Pond Road: grades 7-8, 805 students in 2024-25, rated blue by Kentucky in 2025-26.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the South Warren 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.

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

Who to call

Principal

Principal David Cloyd, according to the school’s website, where the principal’s message is signed.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal NCES directory counted 805 students at South Warren Middle School in the 2024-25 school year, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.7 students per teacher. The state’s report card has the school’s own current enrollment and staffing figures.

State report card

Kentucky rated South Warren Middle School blue for 2025-26, with an overall score of 81.5, 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 South Warren Middle School WCPS middle school level Kentucky
Reading 63% 56% 48%
Math 68% 51% 40%
Science 48% 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 South Warren 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.

South Warren Middle School is the middle school of the South Warren area, according to the district’s South Warren Area page. The area’s elementary schools are Jody Richards Elementary, Plano Elementary and Rich Pond Elementary, and its high school is South Warren 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 South Warren area live outside Bowling Green; inside the city, part of the area is in the Bowling Green Independent district instead, so check both.

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 270-467-7510.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does South Warren Middle School serve?

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

How is South Warren Middle School rated on the Kentucky School Report Card?

Blue, with an overall score of 81.5 in the state’s 2025-26 results. The state average for middle schools was 59.1.

Which high school does South Warren Middle School feed into?

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

Who is the principal of South Warren Middle School?

David Cloyd, according to the school’s website on Oct. 16, 2026.