Best Cities in Kentucky for Schools

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Rank (of 320)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Anchorage	1	0	0	0	0	0.996	1
2^nd	Sweeden	1	0	0	0	0	0.988	2
3^rd	Keavy	1	0	0	0	0	0.981	7	4
4^th	Junction City	1	0	0	0	0	0.966	17	13
5^th	Fort Thomas	3	1	1	0	3	0.955	5
6^th	Brodhead	1	0	0	0	0	0.95	199	193
7^th	Goshen	1	1	1	0	1	0.946	10	3
8^th	Spottsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.943	4	4
9^th	Wooton	1	0	0	0	0	0.938	14	5
10^th	Hanson	1	0	0	0	0	0.934	21	11
11^th	Union	3	2	2	0	1	0.923	12	1
12^th	Cawood	1	0	0	0	0	0.922	13	1
13^th	Fort Mitchell	1	0	2	1	0	0.92	16	3
14^th	Perryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.92	3	11
15^th	Bledsoe	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	26	11
16^th	East Bernstadt	2	0	0	0	0	0.903	8	8
17^th	Yeaddiss	1	0	0	0	0	0.901	55	38
18^th	Gamaliel	1	0	0	0	0	0.898	9	9
19^th	Stoney Fork	1	0	0	0	0	0.895	137	118
20^th	Rush	1	0	1	0	0	0.883	40	20
21^st	Freeburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.879	6	15
22^nd	Hagerhill	1	0	0	0	1	0.874	95	73
23^rd	Loretto	1	0	0	0	0	0.873	20	3
24^th	Symsonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.872	15	9
25^th	Ezel	1	0	0	0	0	0.858	25
26^th	Hebron	3	1	2	0	2	0.857	18	8
27^th	Hazel Green	1	0	0	0	0	0.848	78	51
28^th	La Grange	1	0	1	0	0	0.844	31	3
29^th	Fancy Farm	1	0	0	0	0	0.841	11	18
30^th	Stamping Ground	1	0	0	0	0	0.839	68	38
31^st	Walton	1	1	1	0	1	0.834	27	4
32^nd	Prospect	2	0	0	0	2	0.833	22	10
33^rd	Flat Lick	2	0	0	0	0	0.828	138	105
34^th	Corydon	1	0	0	0	0	0.825	49	15
35^th	Ary	1	0	0	0	0	0.824	57	22
36^th	Pikeville	5	0	6	1	2	0.824	56	20
37^th	Hustonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.819	32	5
38^th	Russell	1	1	3	0	0	0.813	30	8
39^th	Alvaton	1	0	0	0	0	0.812	29	10
40^th	Morning View	1	0	0	0	0	0.809	46	6
41^st	Eddyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.809	52	11
42^nd	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	2	0.808	33	9
43^rd	Smithland	1	0	1	0	0	0.806	126	83
44^th	Burnside	1	0	0	0	1	0.801	66	22
45^th	Mayfield	4	2	5	0	1	0.797	47	2
46^th	Simpsonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.794	94	48
47^th	Payneville	1	0	0	0	0	0.793	114	67
48^th	Pine Knot	2	0	0	0	0	0.79	125	77
49^th	Hoskinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.789	115	66
50^th	Somerset	7	3	5	0	4	0.778	34	16
51^st	Dorton	1	0	0	0	0	0.778	51
52^nd	Villa Hills	1	0	0	0	1	0.775	19	33
53^rd	Viper	1	0	0	0	0	0.772	24	29
54^th	Clarkson	1	0	0	0	1	0.765	28	26
55^th	Murray	4	2	5	0	1	0.763	41	14
56^th	Crestwood	5	2	2	0	0	0.763	36	20
57^th	Calhoun	1	1	2	0	0	0.761	44	13
58^th	London	8	2	5	1	3	0.751	42	16
59^th	Wingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	210	151
60^th	Kimper	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	110	50
61^st	Midway	1	0	0	0	0	0.74	156	95
62^nd	Nancy	1	0	0	0	0	0.736	109	47
63^rd	Clinton	1	0	1	0	0	0.736	70	7
64^th	Waddy	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	88	24
65^th	Baxter	1	0	1	0	0	0.734	107	42
66^th	Eubank	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	38	28
67^th	Staffordsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.724	45	22
68^th	Hartford	1	1	4	0	0	0.723	87	19
69^th	Independence	5	2	1	0	4	0.72	81	12
70^th	Williamsburg	5	1	3	1	0	0.717	129	59
71^st	Harlan	2	0	1	0	0	0.716	43	28
72^nd	Science Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.715	71	1
73^rd	Berea	4	3	3	0	0	0.708	106	33
74^th	Russell Springs	2	1	2	0	0	0.707	85	11
75^th	Mousie	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	35	40
76^th	Sidney	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	53	23
77^th	Olmstead	1	0	0	0	0	0.701	105	28
78^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	1	0.7	80	2
79^th	Hyden	1	0	2	0	1	0.699	97	18
80^th	Barlow	1	1	2	0	0	0.695	83	3
81^st	Rockholds	1	0	0	0	0	0.695	23	58
82^nd	Tyner	1	0	0	0	0	0.691	48	34
83^rd	Taylor Mill	0	1	1	0	3	0.69	63	20
84^th	Barbourville	3	1	7	2	0	0.69	101	17
85^th	Richmond	7	3	6	0	3	0.685	84	1
86^th	Oneida	2	0	0	0	1	0.68	72	14
87^th	Paint Lick	1	0	0	0	0	0.679	252	165
88^th	Adairville	1	0	0	0	0	0.674	139	51
89^th	Emmalena	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	54	35
90^th	Fordsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	154	64
91^st	Leitchfield	2	1	3	0	4	0.665	89	2
92^nd	Versailles	3	1	2	0	3	0.664	74	18
93^rd	Manchester	5	1	2	1	2	0.66	64	29
94^th	Mc Kee	1	1	3	0	0	0.659	149	55
95^th	Brownsville	0	2	1	0	0	0.654	103	8
96^th	Belfry	1	1	2	0	0	0.653	121	25
97^th	Paducah	10	3	3	2	3	0.65	127	30
98^th	Herndon	1	0	0	0	0	0.648	112	14
99^th	Greensburg	2	1	3	0	0	0.647	111	12
100^th	Littcarr	1	0	0	0	0	0.645	92	8
101^st	Whitley City	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	134	33
102^nd	Elkhorn City	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	240	138
103^rd	Hardinsburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.641	124	21
104^th	Smiths Grove	2	0	0	0	0	0.638	135	31
105^th	Taylorsville	2	1	1	1	0	0.634	177	72
106^th	Cold Spring	2	0	0	1	1	0.633	90	16
107^th	Neon	0	1	0	0	0	0.633	120	13
108^th	Tollesboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	90	18
109^th	Pineville	2	0	2	1	0	0.63	160	51
110^th	Crofton	1	0	0	0	1	0.629	142	32
111^th	Lawrenceburg	4	1	1	0	1	0.627	131	20
112^th	Brandenburg	1	2	3	0	0	0.625	73	39
113^th	Princeton	2	1	2	0	0	0.622	108	5
114^th	Danville	3	2	5	2	3	0.622	86	28
115^th	Madisonville	4	2	4	1	4	0.618	118	3
116^th	Rineyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.616	37	79
117^th	Centertown	1	0	0	0	0	0.613	286	169
118^th	Henderson	6	2	2	1	1	0.608	119	1
119^th	Beaver Dam	2	0	0	0	0	0.607	122	3
120^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	59	61
121^st	Jamestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	200	79
122^nd	Southgate	1	0	0	0	1	0.601	172	50
123^rd	Alexandria	3	2	3	0	3	0.601	50	73
124^th	Evarts	2	0	0	0	0	0.599	183	59
125^th	Lewisport	1	1	2	0	0	0.598	123	2
126^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	153	27
127^th	Cumberland	1	0	0	0	0	0.596	176	49
128^th	Waco	1	0	0	0	0	0.596	150	22
129^th	Whitesville	1	0	0	0	2	0.594	157	28
130^th	West Liberty	3	1	4	0	1	0.594	201	71
131^st	Lewisburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.594	102	29
132^nd	Hodgenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.593	104	28
133^rd	Vine Grove	1	1	0	0	0	0.592	69	64
134^th	Bardwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.59	93	41
135^th	Sandgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.59	75	60
136^th	Tompkinsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.587	132	4
137^th	Corbin	6	1	5	2	0	0.586	58	79
138^th	Burlington	3	1	1	0	1	0.584	163	25
139^th	Glasgow	7	2	6	1	2	0.58	146	7
140^th	Mount Washington	4	2	2	0	0	0.58	76	64
141^st	Cecilia	2	1	1	0	0	0.58	61	80
142^nd	Grayson	3	1	1	0	0	0.576	113	29
143^rd	Hawesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.575	159	16
144^th	West Paducah	1	1	0	1	0	0.575	117	27
145^th	Buckner	1	1	1	1	0	0.573	62	83
146^th	Flatwoods	1	0	0	0	0	0.571	82	64
147^th	Wittensville	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	116	31
148^th	Marion	1	1	2	0	0	0.566	133	15
149^th	Willisburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.563	67	82
150^th	Grethel	1	0	0	0	0	0.556	60	90
151^st	Calvert City	1	1	0	0	0	0.555	158	7
152^nd	Burkesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.552	205	53
153^rd	North Middletown	1	0	0	0	0	0.552	259	106
154^th	Catlettsburg	2	0	0	0	0	0.547	154
154^th	Ekron	2	1	0	0	0	0.547	144	10
156^th	Paintsville	2	1	2	1	1	0.546	190	34
157^th	Greenup	1	0	2	0	0	0.546	168	11
158^th	Wallins Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	250	92
159^th	Eastern	1	0	1	0	0	0.543	235	76
160^th	Martin	1	0	1	1	0	0.539	170	10
161^st	Hazard	4	1	3	1	0	0.539	99	62
162^nd	Dawson Springs	1	0	1	1	0	0.538	178	16
163^rd	Middlesboro	2	1	3	0	1	0.537	194	31
164^th	Middletown	1	1	1	0	0	0.537	79	85
165^th	Munfordville	1	0	1	0	0	0.536	128	37
166^th	Waynesburg	2	0	0	0	0	0.535	238	72
167^th	Springfield	1	1	3	0	1	0.53	209	42
168^th	Lancaster	2	1	2	0	0	0.528	202	34
169^th	Liberty	3	1	2	0	4	0.526	189	20
170^th	Campton	1	1	1	0	1	0.526	228	58
171^st	Lebanon	3	3	2	1	1	0.523	198	27
172^nd	Garrison	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	130	42
173^rd	Bowling Green	18	5	13	2	8	0.519	181	8
174^th	Louisa	3	1	1	0	2	0.518	143	31
175^th	Elizabethtown	7	3	6	4	2	0.518	161	14
176^th	Ludlow	1	0	1	0	0	0.517	152	24
177^th	Olive Hill	2	1	2	1	0	0.516	162	15
178^th	Nicholasville	6	2	4	0	0	0.515	165	13
179^th	Bremen	1	0	0	0	0	0.515	141	38
180^th	Owensboro	16	5	10	0	7	0.515	166	14
181^st	Lexington	42	12	21	0	32	0.515	167	14
182^nd	Vanceburg	2	1	2	0	0	0.509	140	42
183^rd	Mount Sterling	4	1	4	0	2	0.507	164	19
184^th	Brooksville	1	1	1	0	0	0.506	184
185^th	Raceland	1	1	1	0	0	0.504	77	108
186^th	Sonora	1	0	0	1	0	0.504	192	6
187^th	Covington	8	1	3	1	7	0.501	169	18
188^th	Sacramento	1	0	0	0	0	0.498	227	39
189^th	Harned	0	1	2	0	0	0.496	174	15
190^th	Georgetown	8	3	4	0	5	0.488	179	11
191^st	Nebo	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	246	55
192^nd	Dixon	1	1	2	0	0	0.486	191	1
193^rd	Morehead	3	2	3	0	3	0.485	171	22
194^th	Harrodsburg	2	1	4	0	1	0.483	208	14
195^th	Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0.482	151	44
196^th	Horse Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.479	65	131
197^th	Pleasureville	1	0	0	0	0	0.477	39	158
198^th	Cub Run	1	0	0	0	0	0.473	100	98
199^th	Livermore	1	0	0	0	0	0.473	232	33
200^th	Fourmile	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	273	73
201^st	Pembroke	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	188	13
202^nd	Ashland	8	2	6	2	2	0.466	206	4
203^rd	Nortonville	1	1	0	0	0	0.463	148	55
204^th	Booneville	2	0	1	0	0	0.458	193	11
205^th	Caneyville	1	0	0	0	1	0.457	136	69
206^th	Benton	5	1	3	1	1	0.457	221	15
207^th	Girdler	1	0	0	0	0	0.448	219	12
208^th	Fedscreek	1	0	0	0	0	0.443	203	5
209^th	Jackson	2	0	4	1	2	0.439	204	5
210^th	Owingsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.436	226	16
211^th	Mc Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0.435	231	20
212^th	New Castle	2	1	1	0	0	0.433	270	58
213^th	Franklin	3	1	2	0	2	0.428	241	28
214^th	Ewing	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	239	25
215^th	Lick Creek	0	0	1	0	0	0.424	218	3
216^th	Morgantown	2	1	3	0	1	0.423	265	49
217^th	Bardstown	3	2	6	2	6	0.421	247	30
218^th	Columbia	2	1	2	0	0	0.42	222	4
219^th	Whitesburg	3	1	3	0	0	0.411	173	46
220^th	Hindman	1	0	2	0	0	0.409	185	35
221^st	South Shore	1	1	0	0	0	0.406	230	9
222^nd	Florence	5	2	2	0	7	0.405	211	11
223^rd	Eminence	1	0	1	0	0	0.404	214	9
224^th	Campbellsville	3	2	5	0	2	0.401	195	29
225^th	Irvine	2	1	3	0	0	0.396	291	66
226^th	Lebanon Junction	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	145	81
227^th	Custer	1	0	0	0	0	0.39	175	52
228^th	Butler	1	1	0	0	0	0.387	197	31
229^th	Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0.382	147	82
230^th	Frankfort	8	2	7	0	4	0.38	223	7
231^st	Allen	1	0	0	0	1	0.38	254	23
232^nd	Wilmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.377	225	7
233^rd	Flemingsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.373	220	13
234^th	Salyersville	3	1	1	0	0	0.371	290	56
235^th	Albany	2	1	3	0	0	0.368	278	43
236^th	Mount Vernon	2	1	3	0	0	0.365	249	13
237^th	Carlisle	1	0	1	0	0	0.365	257	20
238^th	Scottsville	1	2	2	1	4	0.364	212	26
239^th	Coxs Creek	1	0	0	0	1	0.353	256	17
240^th	Russellville	2	1	4	0	1	0.353	243	3
241^st	Cynthiana	4	1	3	0	1	0.351	242	1
242^nd	Stearns	0	1	1	0	0	0.34	255	13
243^rd	Crab Orchard	1	0	0	0	1	0.34	284	41
244^th	Cadiz	2	1	2	1	1	0.336	187	57
245^th	Hopkinsville	8	3	5	3	5	0.335	261	16
246^th	Winchester	4	2	3	1	4	0.332	233	13
247^th	Shepherdsville	4	4	4	1	2	0.332	216	31
248^th	Maysville	2	1	2	0	1	0.328	224	24
249^th	Greenville	2	2	3	0	1	0.326	196	53
250^th	Frakes	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	215	35
251^st	Inez	2	0	2	0	0	0.324	276	25
252^nd	Williamstown	2	1	2	0	0	0.323	207	45
253^rd	Hickman	1	1	2	0	0	0.312	237	16
254^th	Dayton	1	0	1	0	0	0.312	282	28
255^th	Boston	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	277	22
256^th	Dry Ridge	3	1	1	0	0	0.309	234	22
257^th	Falmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0.308	245	12
258^th	Sturgis	1	0	0	0	0	0.304	283	25
259^th	Grays Knob	0	0	1	0	1	0.303		(n/a)
260^th	Phelps	0	0	2	0	0	0.299	229	31
261^st	Frenchburg	1	0	2	0	0	0.292	296	35
262^nd	Guthrie	1	0	0	0	1	0.292	263	1
263^rd	Lucas	1	0	0	0	0	0.283	180	83
264^th	Irvington	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	182	82
265^th	Stanford	1	1	3	0	0	0.276	217	48
266^th	Sandy Hook	2	1	1	0	0	0.273	260	6
267^th	Burna	1	1	0	0	0	0.272	244	23
268^th	Flatgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.261	253	15
269^th	Erlanger	3	1	3	0	4	0.261	281	12
270^th	Radcliff	4	1	1	1	1	0.26	285	15
271^st	Monticello	3	1	5	0	1	0.258	268	3
272^nd	Louisville	90	25	31	12	84	0.258	267	5
273^rd	Eolia	1	0	0	0	0	0.253		(n/a)
274^th	Elkton	1	1	4	0	0	0.251	262	12
275^th	Warfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.249	300	25
276^th	Horse Cave	1	1	1	0	0	0.243	295	19
277^th	Edmonton	1	1	1	0	0	0.24	274	3
278^th	Betsy Layne	1	0	1	0	0	0.237	271	7
279^th	Hardyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.235	258	21
280^th	Prestonsburg	2	1	2	0	0	0.235	264	16
281^st	Clearfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.235	236	45
282^nd	Happy	1	0	0	0	0	0.231	299	17
283^rd	Owenton	1	1	1	0	1	0.231	292	9
284^th	Beattyville	2	0	3	0	0	0.23	298	14
285^th	Hillsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.223	96	189
286^th	Shelbyville	5	2	4	1	1	0.216	287	1
287^th	Paris	3	2	2	0	1	0.215	272	15
288^th	Campbellsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.215	306	18
289^th	Beechmont	1	0	0	0	0	0.21	289
290^th	Bloomfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.201	275	15
291^st	Bellevue	1	0	1	0	0	0.196	302	11
292^nd	Clay City	1	0	0	0	0	0.191	319	27
293^rd	Morganfield	1	1	3	0	1	0.189	251	42
294^th	Warsaw	2	1	1	0	0	0.185	307	13
295^th	Stanton	2	1	2	0	0	0.183	301	6
296^th	Fairdale	2	0	2	0	0	0.179	293	3
297^th	Central City	1	0	0	0	0	0.178	279	18
298^th	Jeffersontown	1	0	1	0	0	0.175	303	5
299^th	Hi Hat	1	0	0	0	0	0.172	280	19
300^th	Bonnieville	1	0	0	0	0	0.17	269	31
301^st	Blaine	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	288	13
302^nd	Argillite	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	310	8
303^rd	Carrollton	2	1	4	0	1	0.154	312	9
304^th	Fort Knox	0	0	1	0	0	0.148	320	16
305^th	Park City	1	0	0	0	0	0.146	305
306^th	Bedford	1	0	1	0	0	0.143	266	40
307^th	Blackey	1	0	0	0	0	0.134	308	1
308^th	Newport	2	0	2	1	4	0.123	314	6
309^th	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0.123	309
310^th	Wurtland	1	1	0	0	0	0.119	248	62
311^th	Topmost	1	0	0	0	0	0.114	317	6
312^th	Uniontown	1	0	0	0	0	0.112	297	15
313^th	Providence	1	0	0	0	0	0.109	213	100
314^th	Elsmere	1	0	0	0	1	0.098	315	1
315^th	Sebree	1	0	0	0	0	0.079	311	4
316^th	Milton	1	0	0	0	0	0.063	322	6
317^th	Oakland	1	0	0	0	0	0.06	313	4
318^th	Cave City	1	0	0	0	0	0.047	318
319^th	West Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.039	304	15
320^th	New Haven	1	0	0	0	1	0.035	316	4

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