Best High Schools in Kentucky for Gifted and Talented Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kentucky!

Every year, the Kentucky Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Gifted and Talented students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kentucky test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 17)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
210051000011	1	Larry A. Ryle High School	Public	9-12	10379 Us 42	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-5300	2,013	109	18.4	32.1%	1,497 (74.4%)	109 (5.4%)	274 (13.6%)	52 (2.6%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	75 (3.7%)	$10,132	$348	$455	$803	$8,043	$1,286	$9,329	94.1%	92.8%	1.36%
210573001692	2	Greenwood High School	Public	9-12	5065 Scottsville Road	Bowling Green	42104	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	No	(270) 842-3627	1,370	79	17.3	46.8%	889 (64.9%)	90 (6.6%)	145 (10.6%)	184 (13.4%)	3 (0.2%)	14 (1.0%)	45 (3.3%)	$14,071	$666	$984	$1,650	$7,918	$1,915	$9,833	88.2%	89.3%	1.08%
210186000364	3	Henry Clay High School	Public	9-12	2100 Fontaine Rd	Lexington	40502	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(859) 381-3423	2,031	121	16.8	46.6%	1,048 (51.6%)	409 (20.1%)	313 (15.4%)	146 (7.2%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	113 (5.6%)	$16,419	$828	$376	$1,224	$11,183	$2,086	$13,250	82.4%	83.4%	1.10%
210321000215	4	North Laurel High School	Public	9-12	1300 East Hal Rogers Parkway	London	40741	Laurel County	Laurel County	No	No	No	No	(606) 862-4699	1,300	65	20	58.3%	1,228 (94.5%)	12 (0.9%)	30 (2.3%)	14 (1.1%)	4 (0.3%)	6 (0.5%)	6 (0.5%)	$23,559	$638	$1,128	$1,765	$8,406	$2,492	$10,897	76.5%	87.6%	11.12%
210510001260	5	Rowan County Senior High School	Public	9-12	499 Viking Drive	Morehead	40351	Rowan County	Rowan County	No	No	No	No	(606) 784-8956	1,017	48	21	59.6%	937 (92.1%)	17 (1.7%)	34 (3.3%)	10 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.6%)	$10,225	$369	$620	$988	$7,691	$1,546	$9,237	70.6%	50.3%	20.24%
210420001056	6	Monroe County High	Public	9-12	755 Old Mulkey Rd	Tompkinsville	42167	Monroe County	Monroe County	No	No	No	No	(270) 487-6217	517	34	15.2	63.4%	448 (86.7%)	6 (1.2%)	46 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	$16,135	$1,163	$841	$2,004	$11,043	$3,088	$14,131	64.7%	61.7%	2.98%
210425001059	7	Montgomery County High School	Public	9-12	724 Woodford Drive	Mount Sterling	40353	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	No	(859) 497-8765	1,279	66	19.5	47.3%	1,118 (87.4%)	29 (2.3%)	84 (6.6%)	7 (0.5%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (2.7%)	$11,013	$947	$489	$1,436	$7,959	$2,287	$10,246	58.8%	69.0%	10.14%
210299000695	8	Ballard High	Public	9-12	6000 Brownsboro Road	Louisville	40222	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(502) 485-8206	2,014	108	18.5	34.1%	1,089 (54.1%)	534 (26.5%)	163 (8.1%)	106 (5.3%)	6 (0.3%)	1 (0.0%)	115 (5.7%)	$16,270	$1,792	$1,278	$3,070	$10,229	$1,468	$11,697	52.9%	90.0%	37.06%
210303001640	9	West Jessamine High School	Public	9-12	2101 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	No	(859) 887-2421	1,301	71	18.2	41.2%	1,046 (80.4%)	78 (6.0%)	109 (8.4%)	20 (1.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (3.4%)	$20,891	$1,120	$456	$1,575	$15,251	$2,804	$18,055	47.1%	75.5%	28.46%
210165000323	10	Elizabethtown High School	Public	9-12	620 N Mulberry St	Elizabethtown	42701	Hardin County	Elizabethtown Independent	No	No	No	No	(270) 769-3381	824	46	18	36.4%	539 (65.4%)	91 (11.0%)	82 (10.0%)	25 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	82 (10.0%)	$12,572	$466	$644	$1,110	$8,727	$1,922	$10,649	41.2%	74.1%	32.96%

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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.