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Education in Grant County

Welcome to the Educational web page where you can have a glimpse of how our schools are working toward the goal of preparing today's children for tomorrow's challenges. We strive to improve our educational opportunities and hope you find these pages helpful.  You will be leaving the Grant County Web site when clicking on the school pages.  We hope that you will find them helpful and informative.

Grant County School District

Grant County High School

Grant County Board of Education

Curriculum, Instruction & Assessement

Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment are the key components to a quality school system.  Curriculum comprises the material that is taught.  Grant County's district curriculum is based on Kentucky's Core Content.  Instruction is the manner in which the material is taught.  Grant County teachers are involved in on-going professional development to provide our students with the most effective instructional methods.  Assessment is the way that student learning is evaluated.  In Grant County, that occurs both in formal (standardized) method and informal (classroom) manner.


300 School Road
Dry Ridge, KY 41035

859-824-3323
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Williamstown Board of Education

Williamstown Schools

Williamstown Independent Schools offers classes from Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school also provides a Head Start Program, whose staff is responsible for starting Fitness For Life Around Grant County (FFLAG). They school systems boasts a student to teacher ratio of sixteen to one and over 75% of the staff have masters' degrees or above. They currently have 880 students enrolled.

300 Helton Street Williamstown, KY 41097
Phone: 859.824.7144 Fax: 859.3237
Email: district@msmail.wtown.k12.ky.us

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NKU - Grant County

NKU Grant County

With expanded course offerings, on-site academic advising, pre-enrollment counseling and expanded student services, students can take courses at the NKU Grant County Center progressing toward the following programs or complete general education requirements and continue coursework at the main campus:

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