Paintsville High School is a secondary-level school located in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky and is part of the Paintsville Independent Schools district in the United States of America. (In Kentucky, "Independent" is the standard designation for a school district that is not affiliated with a county.) Its student enrollment as of 2006 was 344 in grades 7 through 12. The average student to teacher ratio in classes at Paintsville High Schoo...
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Paintsville High School is a secondary-level school located in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky and is part of the Paintsville Independent Schools district in the United States of America. (In Kentucky, "Independent" is the standard designation for a school district that is not affiliated with a county.) Its student enrollment as of 2006 was 344 in grades 7 through 12. The average student to teacher ratio in classes at Paintsville High School is 14:1.
Paintsville Independent Schools was organized in 1889 originally as the Paintsville Free Graded School, and in 1892, the first building of Paintsville High School was built. It burned to the ground shortly thereafter, and was rebuilt. The early curriculum at Paintsville High was formidable. Eighth grade students studied subjects including physiology, U.S. History, geography, drawing, algebra, writing and moral philosophy. The ninth through twelfth grades studied and even harder curriculum, with subjects such as English, physics,...
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