Oldham County High School

Summary:

Oldham County High School is a public high school located in La Grange, Kentucky, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,656 students. The school is part of the Oldham County School District, which is ranked 13th out of 159 districts in Kentucky and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Oldham County High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Kentucky, with a statewide ranking of 11th out of 290 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance is particularly strong in core academic subjects, with a higher percentage of students proficient or better in ACT/English (61%), ACT/Reading (61%), and KSA/Reading for 10th grade (62%) compared to the state averages. Additionally, Oldham County High School has an impressive 97.0% four-year graduation rate, significantly higher than the state average. The school's diverse student population performs well across different subgroups, ranking highly for female students (13th out of 261), male students (12th out of 262), and white students (14th out of 273) in the state. However, the school's performance for English Language Learner (ELL) students is an area of concern, with a low ranking of 33rd out of 48 high schools in Kentucky.

Oldham County High School's performance is generally stronger than the nearby schools in the Oldham County School District, such as North Oldham High School and South Oldham High School, which also rank highly in the state. The school's relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (27.84% in 2022-2023) suggests that it serves a more affluent student population, which may contribute to its strong academic performance. However, the school should continue to focus on supporting the academic needs of its diverse student population, especially for subgroups like English Language Learners, to ensure that all students have the opportunity to succeed.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1150 N Highway 393
       La Grange, KY  40031


(502) 222-9461

District: Oldham County

SchoolDigger Rank:
11th of 290 Kentucky High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,083 Help


Feeder schools for Oldham County High School:

Elementary:    Buckner Elementary School
    Centerfield Elementary School
    LaGrange Elementary School
    Locust Grove Elementary School
Middle:    East Oldham Middle School
    Oldham County Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  19.9 Help
Number of students:  1,656

Racial breakdown:

White:
81.4%
Hispanic:
10.9%
Two or more races:
4.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  27.8% Help


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Compare Details Oldham County High School ranks better than 96.2% of high schools in Kentucky. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked high schools in the Oldham County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 90.7. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Oldham County High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Oldham County High School has the largest high school student body size in the Oldham County School District.  (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oldham County High School is $10,083, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the Oldham County School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Oldham County High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Oldham County High School 11th of 290 Kentucky public high schools. (See Oldham County High School in the ranking list.)

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Oldham County:

SchoolDigger ranks Oldham County 13th of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Oldham County High School

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Rank History for all students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 89.65 11th 217 94.9%
2008 87.41 19th 217 91.2%
2009 85.90 15th 217 93.1%
2010 77.54 32nd 223 85.7%
2011 78.92 25th 226 88.9%
2012 89.87 12th 229 94.8%
2013 87.31 16th 291 94.5%
2014 83.94 22nd 290 92.4%
2015 83.61 26th 295 91.2%
2016 81.07 30th 288 89.6%
2017 77.31 42nd 287 85.4%
2018 81.46 33rd 271 87.8%
2019 83.84 27th 285 90.5%
2021 79.70 28th 267 89.5%
2022 78.05 31st 271 88.6%
2023 75.53 39th 276 85.9%
2024 90.70 11th 290 96.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.63 8th 42 81.0%
2019 77.58 5th 39 87.2%
2021 66.36 14th 49 71.4%
2022 57.78 23rd 77 70.1%
2023 51.57 35th 76 53.9%
2024 68.08 21st 87 75.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.91 24th 30 20.0%
2019 19.06 29th 29 0.0%
2024 26.05 33rd 48 31.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 78.68 28th 226 87.6%
2023 69.87 19th 162 88.3%
2024 66.23 26th 168 84.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.50 84th 232 63.8%
2019 61.23 91st 254 64.2%
2021 45.78 118th 234 49.6%
2022 48.88 123rd 266 53.8%
2023 57.80 90th 272 66.9%
2024 68.10 61st 274 77.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.32 29th 234 87.6%
2019 82.01 24th 249 90.4%
2021 73.35 34th 236 85.6%
2022 78.51 27th 252 89.3%
2023 72.80 39th 253 84.6%
2024 86.44 13th 261 95.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.84 47th 166 71.7%
2019 84.44 11th 166 93.4%
2021 84.82 11th 154 92.9%
2022 59.49 30th 153 80.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.02 36th 237 84.8%
2019 74.99 42nd 251 83.3%
2021 78.27 29th 238 87.8%
2022 73.27 39th 257 84.8%
2023 75.61 32nd 259 87.6%
2024 88.98 12th 262 95.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 83.72 5th 26 80.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.42 31st 94 67.0%
2019 53.26 39th 89 56.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.48 43rd 80 46.3%
2019 35.44 58th 88 34.1%
2021 65.55 20th 92 78.3%
2022 44.24 63rd 114 44.7%
2023 63.31 31st 116 73.3%
2024 66.35 29th 124 76.6%
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Rank History for White students at Oldham County High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.95 32nd 198 83.8%
2019 80.39 26th 219 88.1%
2021 73.89 28th 203 86.2%
2022 76.03 33rd 260 87.3%
2023 73.18 41st 264 84.5%
2024 89.97 14th 273 94.9%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Oldham County High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2009 50 5 3 0 n/a n/a 0 2067
1989 1835 59 7 9 5 n/a n/a 0 1915
1990 917 21 7 4 4 n/a n/a 0 953
1991 898 21 5 2 4 n/a n/a 0 930
1992 965 21 1 2 4 n/a n/a 0 993
1993 1056 24 3 3 4 n/a n/a 0 1090
1994 1107 30 3 3 4 n/a n/a 0 1147
1995 1104 29 1 2 5 n/a n/a 0 1141
1996 1104 29 1 2 5 n/a n/a 0 1141
1997 1125 26 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1159
1998 1136 37 3 6 2 n/a n/a 2 1186
1999 1131 35 5 5 3 n/a n/a 1 1180
2000 1142 40 3 4 7 n/a n/a 3 1199
2001 1155 39 1 8 5 n/a n/a 5 1213
2002 1181 46 6 16 2 n/a n/a 0 1251
2003 1181 46 6 16 2 n/a n/a 0 1251
2004 1132 33 7 24 2 n/a n/a 0 1198
2005 1152 32 5 22 3 n/a n/a 0 1214
2006 1188 43 6 28 5 n/a n/a 0 1270
2007 1230 48 6 29 5 n/a n/a 12 1330
2008 1275 49 11 41 4 n/a n/a 12 1392
2009 1280 57 15 41 4 n/a n/a 20 1417
2010 1227 51 15 55 3 n/a n/a 24 1375
2011 1267 47 14 64 3 0 15 0 1410
2012 1279 47 14 77 3 0 21 0 1441
2013 1328 35 16 89 4 0 24 0 1496
2014 1355 38 14 85 3 0 27 0 1522
2015 1391 39 18 89 3 0 30 0 1570
2016 1381 42 16 101 2 0 41 0 1583
2017 1380 49 19 108 2 0 44 0 1602
2018 1392 51 18 128 2 0 52 0 1643
2019 1370 57 21 138 5 0 50 0 1641
2020 1395 50 25 140 7 0 49 0 1666
2021 1403 44 23 157 6 1 55 0 1689
2022 1338 28 33 171 4 2 63 0 1639
2023 1348 32 25 181 3 1 66 0 1656

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Oldham County High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2067 103.3 20.0 n/a
1989 1915 99.4 19.2 n/a
1990 953 54.5 17.4 n/a
1991 930 54.1 17.1 n/a
1992 993 54.9 18.0 n/a
1993 1090 59.6 18.3 n/a
1994 1147 61.8 18.6 n/a
1995 1141 57.3 19.9 n/a
1996 1141 57.3 19.9 n/a
1997 1159 58.7 19.7 10.3
1998 1186 60.7 19.5 7.9
1999 1180 68.9 17.1 12.4
2000 1199 70.1 17.1 10.8
2001 1213 68.7 17.7 11.9
2002 1251 68.9 18.2 18.3
2003 1251 68.9 18.2 18.3
2004 1198 64.9 18.5 n/a
2005 1214 68.3 17.8 n/a
2006 1270 66.2 19.2 15.4
2007 1330 69.0 19.3 16.2
2008 1392 71.8 19.4 18.3
2009 1417 74.9 18.9 17.6
2010 1375 59.5 23.1 21.9
2011 1410 71.7 19.6 20.4
2012 1441 77.9 18.4 20.5
2013 1496 82.6 18.1 21
2014 1522 78.0 19.5 19.9
2015 1570 88.0 17.8 20.6
2016 1583 88.0 17.9 23.5
2017 1602 82.4 19.4 24.5
2018 1643 84.9 19.3 24.7
2019 1641 82.5 19.8 25.6
2020 1666 83.5 19.9 24.8
2021 1689 85.0 19.8 24.6
2022 1639 83.2 19.6 22.9
2023 1656 83.0 19.9 27.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Oldham County High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2067 103.3 20.0 n/a
1989 1915 99.4 19.2 n/a
1990 953 54.5 17.4 n/a
1991 930 54.1 17.1 n/a
1992 993 54.9 18.0 n/a
1993 1090 59.6 18.3 n/a
1994 1147 61.8 18.6 n/a
1995 1141 57.3 19.9 n/a
1996 1141 57.3 19.9 n/a
1997 1159 58.7 19.7 10.3
1998 1186 60.7 19.5 7.9
1999 1180 68.9 17.1 12.4
2000 1199 70.1 17.1 10.8
2001 1213 68.7 17.7 11.9
2002 1251 68.9 18.2 18.3
2003 1251 68.9 18.2 18.3
2004 1198 64.9 18.5 n/a
2005 1214 68.3 17.8 n/a
2006 1270 66.2 19.2 15.4
2007 1330 69.0 19.3 16.2
2008 1392 71.8 19.4 18.3
2009 1417 74.9 18.9 17.6
2010 1375 59.5 23.1 21.9
2011 1410 71.7 19.6 20.4
2012 1441 77.9 18.4 20.5
2013 1496 82.6 18.1 21
2014 1522 78.0 19.5 19.9
2015 1570 88.0 17.8 20.6
2016 1583 88.0 17.9 23.5
2017 1602 82.4 19.4 24.5
2018 1643 84.9 19.3 24.7
2019 1641 82.5 19.8 25.6
2020 1666 83.5 19.9 24.8
2021 1689 85.0 19.8 24.6
2022 1639 83.2 19.6 22.9
2023 1656 83.0 19.9 27.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Oldham County High School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $167 (2.3%) $27 (0.4%) $195 (2.7%) $7,559 (104.6%) $1,333 (18.4%) $7,226 (100.0%) $7,226
2019 $171 (2.3%) $37 (0.5%) $208 (2.8%) $7,760 (102.8%) $1,362 (18.0%) $7,342 (97.2%) $7,550
2020 $179 (1.7%) $35 (0.3%) $214 (2.0%) $9,682 (91.0%) $1,652 (15.5%) $9,073 (85.2%) $10,644
2021 $223 (2.3%) $97 (1.0%) $321 (3.4%) $9,691 (101.9%) $1,753 (18.4%) $9,185 (96.6%) $9,506
2022 $372 (3.7%) $159 (1.6%) $530 (5.3%) $8,580 (85.1%) $2,131 (21.1%) $10,712 (106.2%) $10,083

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Oldham County High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 27th of 285 High schoolsRanks 39th of 276 High schools
 4.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English (Oldham County High School)61.762
 0.3%
   11th Grade English (Oldham County)70.168
 2.1%
   11th Grade English (Kentucky)49.147
 2.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Oldham County High School)54.253
 1.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Oldham County)62.560
 2.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kentucky)36.433
 3.4%
11th Grade Reading (Oldham County High School)59.762
 2.3%
   11th Grade Reading (Oldham County)67.167
 0.1%
   11th Grade Reading (Kentucky)4644
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students16411656
 0.9%
African American5732
 43.9%
American Indian53
 40%
Asian2125
 19%
Hispanic138181
 31.2%
Pacific Islander01
White13701348
 1.6%
Two or More Races5066
 32%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.6%27.8%
 2.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Oldham County High School

Yes! Oldham County High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 11th of 290 Kentucky high schools.

Students at Oldham County High School are 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,656 students attended Oldham County High School.


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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.

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