County / FIPS 21009
Barren County
Kentucky
Barren County runs 21 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
21
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
487
Barren County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
44,938
Median household income
$50,628
Poverty rate
19.4%
Unemployment rate
4.1%
Median home value
$178,000
Median gross rent
$796
Bachelor's degree or higher
18.3%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Barren County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$280.6M
Per resident
$6,308
Change since FY2021
+7%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $262M |
| 2022 | $234M |
| 2023 | $251M |
| 2024 | $257M |
| 2025 | $281M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Barren County ranks 1313th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Barren County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| T J Samson Community Hospital | Glasgow |
Public schools in Barren County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Tracy Elementary School | Barren County | Lucas | 336 |
| Barren County High School | Barren County | Glasgow | 1,389 |
| Barren County Middle School | Barren County | Glasgow | 652 |
| Bavel | Barren County | Glasgow | 239 |
| Caverna Elementary School | Caverna Independent | Cave City | 310 |
| Eastern Elementary School | Barren County | Glasgow | 349 |
| Glasgow High School | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | 589 |
| Glasgow Middle School | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | 539 |
| Highland Elementary School | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | 740 |
| Hiseville Elementary School | Barren County | Glasgow | 308 |
| North Jackson Elementary | Barren County | Glasgow | 542 |
| Park City Elementary School | Barren County | Park City | 382 |
| Red Cross Elementary School | Barren County | Glasgow | 707 |
| South Green Elementary School | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | 538 |
| Success Academy | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | 73 |
| Temple Hill Elementary School | Barren County | Glasgow | 274 |
| College Street Campus | Barren County | Glasgow | 46 |
| Happy Valley Learning Center | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | 11 |
| Barren County Area Technology Center | Kentucky Tech System | Glasgow | — |
| Bowling Green Technical - Glasgow | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | — |
| Glasgow Virtual Academy | Glasgow Independent | Glasgow | — |