Campbell County, Kentucky
Campbell County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,076. Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport.Silver Grove and environs. The school, which had grades from pre-kindergarten through 12 in a single building, used "Big Trains" as its athletic nickname, stemming from the city's and school district's founding in 1911 when the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P. Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Richmond, V ...
built a railyard in the community. The local station has since been remodeled into a drywall plant.
In the 2017–18 school year, the district had 172 students. In February 2019 the district had slightly over 200 students, with one source citing 215 and another 211. That month the district voted to merge into the surrounding Campbell County Schools district, and the county board voted to accept the merger. The district held its final day of instruction on May 16, 2019, formally merging with the Campbell County district on July 1 of that year.