Schools in Kentucky
1,550 public schools, 1,131 of them scored on 2024-25 state test results and compared only with schools of the same type in Kentucky.
2024-25
Latest test results
1,550
Public schools
175
School districts
% proficient or distinguished
What the results measure
Results come from the Kentucky Department of Education. We never compare schools across states, because each state sets its own tests. How we score schools
School districts in Kentucky
Median score of the district's schools80+60-7940-5920-39Under 20No score
District boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES EDGE, 2024-25). Charter and other districts without a boundary are shown as dots at the middle of their schools. Click a district to open it.
Rankings
The highest-scoring schools of each type in Kentucky, best first. Tap a heading to open or close a list.
Top elementary schools
The 10 highest-scoring in Kentucky
1
Burning Springs Elementary
ELA 85% · Math 78%
99.9
2
G R Hampton Elementary School
ELA 79% · Math 77%
99.8
3
Dewitt Elementary School
ELA 76% · Math 80%
99.6
4
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional
ELA 78% · Math 75%
99.4
5
Lone Oak Elementary School
ELA 75% · Math 74%
99.3
6
Clays Mill Elementary School
ELA 78% · Math 74%
99.1
7
Oak Hill Elementary School
ELA 77% · Math 75%
98.9
8
Murray Elementary School
ELA 77% · Math 72%
98.8
9
Norton Elementary
ELA 77% · Math 73%
98.6
10
Athens-Chilesburg Elementary
ELA 75% · Math 74%
98.4
Top middle schools
The 10 highest-scoring in Kentucky
1
Scapa At Bluegrass
ELA 86% · Math 78%
99.8
2
Corbin Middle School
ELA 72% · Math 63%
99.3
3
Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School
ELA 71% · Math 71%
98.8
4
Murray Middle School
ELA 66% · Math 70%
98.3
5
Conner Middle School
ELA 67% · Math 70%
97.9
6
Gray Middle School
ELA 67% · Math 67%
97.4
7
North Oldham Middle School
ELA 70% · Math 72%
96.9
8
Highlands Middle School
ELA 64% · Math 66%
96.4
9
Drakes Creek Middle School
ELA 66% · Math 63%
96.0
10
South Warren Middle School
ELA 61% · Math 67%
95.5
Top high schools
The 10 highest-scoring in Kentucky
1
duPont Manual High
ELA 87% · Math 83%
99.8
2
North Oldham High School
ELA 75% · Math 74%
99.3
3
Highlands High School
ELA 73% · Math 71%
98.8
4
Pikeville High School
ELA 73% · Math 78%
98.3
5
Beechwood High School
ELA 67% · Math 78%
97.8
6
Madison Southern High School
ELA 70% · Math 63%
97.3
7
Oldham County High School
ELA 66% · Math 64%
96.8
8
Leslie County High School
ELA 67% · Math 62%
96.3
9
Atherton High
ELA 72% · Math 58%
95.9
10
Corbin High School
ELA 66% · Math 59%
95.4
Top K-8 schools
The 10 highest-scoring in Kentucky
1
Anchorage Independent Public School
ELA 82% · Math 82%
99.3
2
W B Muncy Elementary School
ELA 81% · Math 60%
97.9
3
Valley Elementary School
ELA 74% · Math 67%
96.5
4
Jones Fork Elementary School
ELA 72% · Math 58%
95.1
5
Robinson Elementary School
ELA 77% · Math 58%
93.7
6
Millard School
ELA 69% · Math 62%
92.3
7
Green Hills Elementary School
ELA 63% · Math 57%
90.8
8
Rise STEM Academy for Girls
ELA 66% · Math 55%
88.7
9
Stinnett Elementary School
ELA 62% · Math 61%
88.7
10
Yellow Creek School Center
ELA 63% · Math 55%
86.6
Top combined schools
The 10 highest-scoring in Kentucky
1
J. Graham Brown School
ELA 71% · Math 59%
98.8
2
BAVEL
ELA 64% · Math 48%
96.2
3
Barbourville City School
ELA 62% · Math 52%
93.8
4
Burgin Independent School
ELA 58% · Math 53%
91.2
5
Buckhorn School
ELA 49% · Math 53%
88.8
6
Cloverport Independent School
ELA 50% · Math 43%
86.2
7
Dawson Springs Jr/Sr High School
ELA 45% · Math 54%
83.8
8
Cordia School
ELA 55% · Math 42%
81.2
9
Pineville Independent School
ELA 56% · Math 43%
78.8
10
Harlan High School
ELA 51% · Math 45%
76.2
Largest school districts
Jefferson County
172 schools129 with a score
Fayette County
80 schools59 with a score
Kentucky Tech System
53 schools0 with a score
Warren County
34 schools24 with a score
Boone County
28 schools25 with a score
Hardin County
27 schools21 with a score
Bullitt County
25 schools23 with a score
Daviess County
24 schools17 with a score
Oldham County
23 schools16 with a score
Kenton County
22 schools17 with a score
Madison County
22 schools17 with a score
Pike County
20 schools17 with a score
Christian County
19 schools12 with a score
Laurel County
19 schools15 with a score
Hopkins County
18 schools12 with a score
Scott County
17 schools14 with a score
Franklin County
16 schools10 with a score
Shelby County
15 schools12 with a score
Floyd County
14 schools11 with a score
Jessamine County
14 schools10 with a score
Knox County
14 schools10 with a score
McCracken County
14 schools11 with a score
Pulaski County
14 schools12 with a score
Henderson County
13 schools11 with a score
All 175 school districts in Kentucky
- Adair County 5
- Allen County 6
- Anchorage Independent 1
- Anderson County 7
- Ashland Independent 9
- Augusta Independent 1
- Ballard County 5
- Barbourville Independent 2
- Bardstown Independent 6
- Barren County 11
- Bath County 5
- Beechwood Independent 3
- Bell County 7
- Bellevue Independent 2
- Berea Independent 3
- Boone County 28
- Bourbon County 6
- Bowling Green Independent 10
- Boyd County 11
- Boyle County 7
- Bracken County 3
- Breathitt County 6
- Breckinridge County 6
- Bullitt County 25
- Burgin Independent 1
- Butler County 6
- Caldwell County 4
- Calloway County 8
- Campbell County 10
- Campbellsville Independent 4
- Carlisle County 3
- Carroll County 6
- Carter County 12
- Casey County 5
- Caverna Independent 3
- Christian County 19
- Clark County 10
- Clay County 10
- Clinton County 5
- Cloverport Independent 2
- Corbin Independent 9
- Covington Independent 11
- Crittenden County 4
- Cumberland County 3
- Danville Independent 6
- Daviess County 24
- Dawson Springs Independent 3
- Dayton Independent 3
- East Bernstadt Independent 1
- Edmonson County 5
- Elizabethtown Independent 7
- Elliott County 4
- Eminence Independent 2
- Erlanger-Elsmere Independent 8
- Estill County 6
- Fairview Independent 2
- Fayette County 80
- Fleming County 5
- Floyd County 14
- Fort Thomas Independent 5
- Frankfort Independent 4
- Franklin County 16
- Fulton County 3
- Fulton Independent 1
- Gallatin County 4
- Garrard County 5
- Glasgow Independent 8
- Grant County 6
- Graves County 10
- Grayson County 9
- Green County 5
- Greenup County 7
- Hancock County 5
- Hardin County 27
- Harlan County 11
- Harlan Independent 3
- Harrison County 7
- Hart County 6
- Hazard Independent 5
- Henderson County 13
- Henry County 6
- Hickman County 2
- Hopkins County 18
- Jackson County 8
- Jackson Independent 1
- Jefferson County 172
- Jenkins Independent 1
- Jessamine County 14
- Johnson County 11
- Kenton County 22
- Kentucky National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Academies 2
- Kentucky School for the Blind District 1
- Kentucky School for the Deaf District 1
- Kentucky Tech System 53
- Knott County 7
- Knox County 14
- LaRue County 6
- Laurel County 19
- Lawrence County 6
- Lee County 2
- Leslie County 5
- Letcher County 9
- Lewis County 7
- Lincoln County 7
- Livingston County 4
- Logan County 7
- Ludlow Independent 2
- Lyon County 5
- Madison County 22
- Magoffin County 5
- Marion County 8
- Marshall County 12
- Martin County 5
- Mason County 4
- Mayfield Independent 3
- McCracken County 14
- McCreary County 5
- McLean County 6
- Meade County 9
- Menifee County 4
- Mercer County 6
- Metcalfe County 3
- Middlesboro Independent 7
- Monroe County 6
- Montgomery County 8
- Morgan County 9
- Muhlenberg County 10
- Murray Independent 4
- Nelson County 13
- Newport Independent 5
- Nicholas County 2
- Ohio County 10
- Oldham County 23
- Owen County 3
- Owensboro Independent 13
- Owsley County 2
- Paducah Independent 7
- Paintsville Independent 2
- Paris Independent 4
- Pendleton County 4
- Perry County 9
- Pike County 20
- Pikeville Independent 2
- Pineville Independent 3
- Powell County 6
- Pulaski County 14
- Raceland-Worthington Independent 5
- Robertson County 1
- Rockcastle County 6
- Rowan County 11
- Russell County 5
- Russell Independent 5
- Russellville Independent 4
- Science Hill Independent 1
- Scott County 17
- Shelby County 15
- Simpson County 6
- Somerset Independent 3
- Southgate Independent 1
- Spencer County 6
- Taylor County 6
- Todd County 7
- Trigg County 6
- Trimble County 3
- Union County 8
- Walton-Verona Independent 5
- Warren County 34
- Washington County 6
- Wayne County 8
- Webster County 6
- Whitley County 11
- Williamsburg Independent 1
- Williamstown Independent 4
- Wolfe County 7
- Woodford County 8
Cities and towns
Louisville
165 schools122 with a score
Lexington
81 schools59 with a score
Bowling Green
42 schools28 with a score
Owensboro
35 schools23 with a score
Ashland
22 schools13 with a score
Elizabethtown
19 schools12 with a score
Frankfort
19 schools12 with a score
Paducah
19 schools14 with a score
Glasgow
18 schools12 with a score
Covington
16 schools10 with a score
Georgetown
16 schools13 with a score
Hopkinsville
16 schools9 with a score
London
16 schools12 with a score
Corbin
15 schools9 with a score
Somerset
15 schools12 with a score
Bardstown
14 schools7 with a score
Madisonville
14 schools8 with a score
Richmond
14 schools10 with a score
Shelbyville
14 schools10 with a score
Murray
13 schools9 with a score
Shepherdsville
13 schools11 with a score
Nicholasville
12 schools9 with a score
Pikeville
12 schools8 with a score
Barbourville
11 schools6 with a score
All 340 cities and towns in Kentucky
- Adairville 1
- Albany 6
- Alexandria 7
- Allen 1
- Alvaton 1
- Anchorage 1
- Annville 2
- Argillite 1
- Ary 1
- Ashland 22
- Auburn 1
- Augusta 1
- Barbourville 11
- Bardstown 14
- Bardwell 3
- Barlow 5
- Baxter 2
- Beattyville 4
- Beaver Dam 2
- Bedford 2
- Beechmont 1
- Belfry 4
- Bellevue 2
- Benton 10
- Berea 10
- Betsy Layne 1
- Blackey 1
- Blaine 1
- Bledsoe 1
- Bloomfield 2
- Bonnieville 1
- Booneville 3
- Boston 1
- Bowling Green 42
- Brandenburg 6
- Bremen 1
- Brodhead 1
- Brooks 1
- Brooksville 3
- Brownsville 3
- Buckhorn 1
- Buckner 5
- Burgin 2
- Burkesville 3
- Burlington 5
- Burna 2
- Burnside 1
- Butler 2
- Cadiz 6
- Calhoun 4
- Calvert City 2
- Campbellsburg 1
- Campbellsville 10
- Campton 3
- Caneyville 1
- Carlisle 2
- Carrollton 8
- Catlettsburg 2
- Cave City 1
- Cawood 1
- Cecilia 4
- Centertown 1
- Central City 2
- Clarkson 1
- Clay 1
- Clay City 1
- Clearfield 1
- Clinton 2
- Cloverport 2
- Cold Spring 3
- Columbia 5
- Corbin 15
- Corydon 1
- Covington 16
- Coxs Creek 1
- Crab Orchard 1
- Crestwood 10
- Crittenden 1
- Crofton 1
- Cub Run 1
- Cumberland 1
- Custer 1
- Cynthiana 8
- Danville 11
- Dawson Spgs 1
- Dawson Springs 2
- Dayton 2
- Denniston 1
- Dixon 4
- Dorton 1
- Dry Ridge 5
- East Bernstadt 2
- Eastern 2
- Eddyville 4
- Edgewood 5
- Edmonton 3
- Ekron 3
- Elizabethtown 19
- Elkhorn City 1
- Elkton 6
- Elsmere 1
- Eminence 2
- Emmalena 1
- Eolia 1
- Erlanger 8
- Eubank 1
- Evarts 2
- Ewing 1
- Ezel 1
- Fairdale 4
- Falmouth 2
- Fancy Farm 1
- Fedscreek 1
- Flat Lick 2
- Flatgap 1
- Flatwoods 1
- Flemingsburg 3
- Florence 9
- Fordsville 1
- Fort Knox 1
- Fort Mitchell 4
- Fort Thomas 5
- Fourmile 1
- Frakes 1
- Frankfort 19
- Franklin 6
- Fredonia 1
- Freeburn 1
- Frenchburg 3
- Fulton 1
- Gamaliel 1
- Garrison 1
- Georgetown 16
- Girdler 1
- Glasgow 18
- Goshen 3
- Grays Knob 1
- Grayson 5
- Greensburg 5
- Greenup 3
- Greenville 6
- Grethel 1
- Guthrie 1
- Hagerhill 1
- Hanson 1
- Happy 1
- Hardinsburg 1
- Hardyville 1
- Harlan 6
- Harned 3
- Harrodsburg 7
- Hartford 6
- Hawesville 1
- Hazard 11
- Hazel Green 1
- Hebron 6
- Henderson 11
- Herndon 1
- Hi Hat 1
- Hickman 4
- Highland Heights 2
- Hillsboro 1
- Hindman 3
- Hodgenville 5
- Hopkinsville 16
- Horse Branch 1
- Horse Cave 3
- Hoskinston 1
- Hustonville 1
- Hyden 3
- Independence 6
- Inez 4
- Irvine 7
- Irvington 1
- Jackson 7
- Jamestown 1
- Jeffersontown 2
- Jenkins 1
- Junction City 1
- Keavy 1
- Kimper 1
- La Grange 4
- Lancaster 5
- Lawrenceburg 7
- Lebanon 8
- Lebanon Junction 1
- Leitchfield 7
- Lewisburg 1
- Lewisport 4
- Lexington 81
- Liberty 6
- Lick Creek 1
- Littcarr 1
- Livermore 1
- London 16
- Loretto 1
- Louisa 5
- Louisville 165
- Lucas 1
- Ludlow 2
- Madisonville 14
- Manchester 9
- Marion 4
- Martin 3
- Mayfield 11
- Maysville 5
- Mc Daniels 1
- Mc Kee 1
- McKee 4
- Middlesboro 8
- Middletown 3
- Midway 1
- Milton 1
- Monticello 9
- Morehead 10
- Morganfield 6
- Morgantown 7
- Morning View 1
- Mount Olivet 1
- Mount Sterling 8
- Mount Vernon 6
- Mount Washington 7
- Mousie 1
- Mt Sterling 1
- Mt Washington 1
- Munfordville 2
- Murray 13
- Nancy 1
- Nebo 1
- Neon 1
- New Castle 4
- New Haven 1
- Newport 5
- Nicholasville 12
- North Middletown 1
- Nortonville 2
- Oakland 1
- Olive Hill 6
- Olmstead 1
- Oneida 2
- Owensboro 35
- Owenton 3
- Owingsville 5
- Paducah 19
- Paint Lick 1
- Paintsville 8
- Paris 9
- Park City 1
- Payneville 1
- Pembroke 1
- Perryville 1
- Petersburg 2
- Phelps 1
- Pikeville 12
- Pine Knot 2
- Pine Ridge 2
- Pineville 7
- Pleasureville 1
- Prestonsburg 3
- Princeton 5
- Prospect 2
- Providence 1
- Raceland 3
- Radcliff 7
- Richmond 14
- Rineyville 1
- Rockholds 1
- Rogers 1
- Rush 1
- Russell 5
- Russell Springs 5
- Russellville 8
- Sacramento 1
- Salyersville 5
- Sandgap 1
- Sandy Hook 4
- Science Hill 1
- Scottsville 6
- Sebree 1
- Shelbyville 14
- Shepherdsville 13
- Sidney 1
- Simpsonville 1
- Smithland 2
- Smiths Grove 2
- Somerset 15
- Sonora 2
- South Shore 2
- Southgate 1
- Spottsville 1
- Springfield 5
- Staffordsville 1
- Stamping Ground 1
- Stanford 4
- Stanton 5
- Stanville 1
- Stearns 2
- Stoney Fork 1
- Sturgis 1
- Sweeden 1
- Symsonia 1
- Taylor Mill 2
- Taylorsville 6
- Thelma 1
- Tollesboro 1
- Tompkinsville 6
- Topmost 1
- Tyner 1
- Union 7
- Uniontown 1
- Utica 1
- Vanceburg 5
- Verona 2
- Versailles 7
- Villa Hills 1
- Vine Grove 2
- Viper 1
- Waco 1
- Waddy 1
- Wallins 1
- Walton 4
- Warfield 2
- Warsaw 4
- Waynesburg 2
- West Liberty 9
- West Paducah 3
- West Point 1
- Whitesburg 7
- Whitesville 1
- Whitley City 1
- Williamsburg 10
- Williamstown 5
- Willisburg 1
- Wilmore 2
- Winchester 11
- Wingo 1
- Wittensville 1
- Wooton 1
- Wurtland 2
- Yeaddiss 1