Best High Schools in Kentucky

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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)
210123000249	101	Clay County High School	Public	9-12	415 Clay Co High Rd	Manchester	40962	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	No	(606) 598-3737	756	51	14.8	70.6%	719 (95.1%)	14 (1.9%)	15 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	$18,372	$2,617	$617	$3,234	$9,096	$1,893	$10,990	59.7	59.5	91	10
210015000022	102	Paul G. Blazer High School	Public	9-12	1500 Blazer Blvd	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	No	(606) 327-6040	879	65	13.5	57.7%	724 (82.4%)	36 (4.1%)	47 (5.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (8.0%)	$12,152	$412	$761	$1,172	$8,893	$1,951	$10,847	59.2	64	73	29
210007000010	103	Allen County-Scottsville High School	Public	9-12	1545 Bowling Green Rd	Scottsville	42164	Allen County	Allen County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 622-4119	879	52	16.7	58.1%	782 (89.0%)	10 (1.1%)	65 (7.4%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.6%)	$27,283	$1,372	$1,591	$2,963	$19,459	$5,038	$21,534	58.4	49.7	127	24
210057000105	104	Bowling Green High School	Public	9-12	1801 Rockingham Lane	Bowling Green	42104	Warren County	Bowling Green Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 746-2300	1,290	79	16.2	59.5%	591 (45.8%)	273 (21.2%)	280 (21.7%)	58 (4.5%)	4 (0.3%)	12 (0.9%)	72 (5.6%)	$17,448	$805	$600	$1,405	$9,378	$2,001	$11,380	58.4	60.1	88	16
210339000910	105	Lewis County High School	Public	9-12	79 Lions Lane	Vanceburg	41179	Lewis County	Lewis County	No	No	No	No	(606) 796-2823	602	28	21.1	75.4%	572 (95.0%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.8%)	$21,435	$801	$649	$1,451	$8,602	$2,051	$10,671	58.3	51.6	114	9
210405001035	106	Meade County High School	Public	9-12	938 Old State Rd	Brandenburg	40108	Meade County	Meade County	No	No	No	No	(270) 422-7515	1,468	69	21.3	44.3%	1,269 (86.4%)	26 (1.8%)	85 (5.8%)	7 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	80 (5.4%)	$14,415	$338	$728	$1,066	$7,705	$1,925	$9,629	58.2	61.6	83	23
210141000287	107	Cumberland County High School	Public	9-12	912 N Main St	Burkesville	42717	Cumberland County	Cumberland County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 864-3451	302	17	17.7	75.5%	272 (90.1%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)	$28,172	$3,920	$2,513	$6,433	$19,323	$8,848	$11,840	58	34.9	181	74
210402001026	108	McLean County High School	Public	9-12	1859 Hwy 136 E	Calhoun	42327	McLean County	McLean County	No	No	No	No	(270) 273-5278	405	30	13.6	50.6%	369 (91.1%)	7 (1.7%)	21 (5.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$14,957	$1,211	$213	$1,424	$9,997	$2,194	$12,191	58	57.4	100	8
210222000461	109	Glasgow High School	Public	9-12	1601 Columbia Ave	Glasgow	42141	Barren County	Glasgow Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 651-8801	612	38	16.1	58.2%	360 (58.8%)	57 (9.3%)	105 (17.2%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	71 (11.6%)	$13,009	$1,133	$562	$1,695	$8,419	$2,895	$11,314	57.7	46.7	145	36
210176000342	110	Estill County High School	Public	9-12	397 Engineer Rd	Irvine	40336	Estill County	Estill County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 723-3537	647	41	15.7	64.1%	626 (96.8%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	$12,870	$1,705	$500	$2,472	$8,192	$2,936	$10,285	57.7	28.3	198	88

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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.
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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.