Best High Schools in Kentucky

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the KSA and ACT test scores by the Kentucky Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 290)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
210008101515	271	The Renaissance Center	Public	6-12	201 Airport Rd	Greenville	42345	Muhlenberg County	Muhlenberg County	No	No	No	No	(270) 338-0662	106	7	15.1	85.8%	96 (90.6%)	2 (1.9%)	4 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)								5.7	65.8	66	205
210378002328	272	Hugh C. Spalding Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	721 E. Main St.	Lebanon	40033	Marion County	Marion County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 692-0690	133	1	133	79.7%	109 (82.0%)	8 (6.0%)	13 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)								5.7	7.8	251	21
210396001801	273	McCracken Open Campus School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	4336 Metropolis Lake Road	West Paducah	42086	McCracken County	McCracken County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 538-4000	56	1	56	76.8%	45 (80.4%)	3 (5.4%)	3 (5.4%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.4%)								5.7	10.5	242	31
210588002497	274	Colonel Academy	Public, Virtual	7-12	300 Main Street	Williamsburg	40769	Whitley County	Whitley County	No	No	Yes	No	(606) 549-7000	97	0		80.4%	94 (96.9%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								5.3	4.5	263	11
210453000735	275	Buckner Alternative High School	Public, Alternative	4-12	1350 N Highway 393	Buckner	40010	Oldham County	Oldham County	No	No	No	No	(502) 222-3767	47	7	6.7	59.6%	33 (70.2%)	5 (10.6%)	7 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)								5			(n/a)
210425002317	276	The Sterling School	Public	6-12	724 Woodford Drive	Mount Sterling	40353	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	No	(859) 497-8761	47	4	12.5	78.7%	42 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)								5			(n/a)
210321001677	277	Laurel County Day Treatment	Public	6-12	65 Marydell Rd	London	40741	Laurel County	Laurel County	No	No	No	No	(606) 862-6605	68	4	17	77.9%	63 (92.6%)	3 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)								4.6	17.6	230	47
210299000777	278	The Academy @ Shawnee	Public, Magnet	6-12	4001 Herman Street	Louisville	40212	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(502) 485-8326	532	40	13.3	82.9%	137 (25.8%)	331 (62.2%)	24 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.1%)	$40,401	$3,730	$1,325	$5,055	$19,077	$1,526	$20,603	4.2	7.5	253	25
210540001652	279	Franklin-Simpson High School West Campus	Public, Virtual	6-12	229 Jokers Phillips Way	Franklin	42135	Simpson County	Simpson County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 586-2039	67	4	16.7	82.1%	51 (76.1%)	7 (10.4%)	5 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.0%)								4.1	2.7	272	7
210147002538	280	Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	1622 Southeastern Parkway	Owensboro	42303	Daviess County	Daviess County	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(270) 852-7000	70	0		60.0%	56 (80.0%)	3 (4.3%)	8 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)								3.8			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KSA Mathematics, KSA Reading, ACT English, ACT Mathematics, ACT Reading, KSA Science, KSA Writing, KSA Social Studies, KSA Editing and Mechanics test scores released by the Kentucky Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kentucky Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.