Best Cities in Kentucky for Schools

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Rank (of 317)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Anchorage	1	0	0	0	0	0.998	1
2^nd	Spottsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.966	8	6
3^rd	Perryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.959	14	11
4^th	Fort Thomas	3	1	1	0	3	0.956	5	1
5^th	Sweeden	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	2	3
6^th	Wooton	1	0	0	0	0	0.942	9	3
7^th	Goshen	1	1	1	0	1	0.939	7
8^th	Burnside	1	0	0	0	1	0.934	44	36
9^th	Keavy	1	0	0	0	0	0.931	3	6
10^th	Hagerhill	1	0	0	0	1	0.93	22	12
11^th	Ary	1	0	0	0	0	0.926	35	24
12^th	Fort Mitchell	1	0	2	1	0	0.919	13	1
13^th	Hanson	1	0	0	0	0	0.915	10	3
14^th	Symsonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.909	24	10
15^th	East Bernstadt	2	0	0	0	0	0.9	16	1
16^th	Buckner	2	1	1	1	0	0.897	145	129
17^th	Junction City	1	0	0	0	0	0.885	4	13
18^th	Freeburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.883	21	3
19^th	Loretto	1	0	0	0	0	0.882	23	4
20^th	Prospect	2	0	0	0	2	0.881	32	12
21^st	Fancy Farm	1	0	0	0	0	0.88	29	8
22^nd	Bledsoe	1	0	0	0	0	0.88	15	7
23^rd	Nancy	1	0	0	0	0	0.876	62	39
24^th	Gamaliel	1	0	0	0	0	0.87	18	6
25^th	London	8	2	5	1	3	0.865	58	33
26^th	Flat Lick	2	0	0	0	0	0.858	33	7
27^th	Hyden	1	0	2	0	1	0.852	79	52
28^th	Mousie	1	0	0	0	0	0.851	75	47
29^th	West Paducah	1	1	0	1	0	0.849	144	115
30^th	Crestwood	5	2	2	0	0	0.841	56	26
31^st	Wilmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.841	232	201
32^nd	Waddy	1	0	0	0	0	0.838	64	32
33^rd	Union	3	2	2	0	1	0.836	11	22
34^th	Alvaton	1	0	0	0	0	0.832	39	5
35^th	Hazel Green	1	0	0	0	0	0.829	27	8
36^th	Fordsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.826	90	54
37^th	Walton	2	1	1	0	1	0.825	31	6
38^th	Somerset	7	3	5	0	4	0.817	50	12
39^th	Smithland	1	0	1	0	0	0.814	43	4
40^th	Sidney	1	0	0	0	0	0.813	76	36
41^st	Hebron	3	1	2	0	2	0.811	26	15
42^nd	Science Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.807	72	30
43^rd	Hoskinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	49	6
44^th	Brodhead	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	6	38
45^th	Pikeville	5	0	6	1	2	0.803	36	9
46^th	Whitley City	1	0	0	0	0	0.797	101	55
47^th	La Grange	1	0	1	0	0	0.794	28	19
48^th	Pine Knot	2	0	0	0	0	0.791	48
49^th	Tollesboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	108	59
50^th	Alexandria	3	2	3	0	3	0.789	123	73
51^st	Staffordsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	67	16
52^nd	Elkhorn City	1	0	0	0	0	0.779	102	50
53^rd	Barbourville	3	1	7	2	0	0.778	84	31
54^th	Simpsonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.775	46	8
55^th	Taylor Mill	0	1	1	0	3	0.774	83	28
56^th	Ezel	1	0	0	0	0	0.774	25	31
57^th	Clarkson	1	0	0	0	1	0.766	54	3
58^th	Wittensville	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	147	89
59^th	Murray	6	2	5	0	1	0.763	55	4
60^th	Eddyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.756	41	19
61^st	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	2	0.755	42	19
62^nd	Wingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.75	59	3
63^rd	Versailles	3	1	2	0	3	0.745	92	29
64^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.745	126	62
65^th	Rush	1	0	1	0	0	0.743	20	45
66^th	Viper	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	53	13
67^th	Russell	1	1	3	0	0	0.735	38	29
68^th	Dorton	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	51	17
69^th	Barlow	2	1	2	0	0	0.727	80	11
70^th	Mayfield	4	2	5	0	1	0.725	45	25
71^st	Belfry	1	1	2	0	0	0.724	96	25
72^nd	Southgate	1	0	0	0	1	0.724	122	50
73^rd	Harlan	3	0	1	0	0	0.722	71	2
74^th	Cawood	1	0	0	0	0	0.713	12	62
75^th	Stamping Ground	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	30	45
76^th	Whitesville	1	0	0	0	2	0.711	129	53
77^th	Hartford	1	1	4	0	0	0.711	68	9
78^th	Manchester	5	1	2	1	2	0.708	93	15
79^th	Richmond	7	3	6	0	3	0.704	85	6
80^th	Morning View	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	40	40
81^st	Rineyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.702	116	35
82^nd	Hustonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	37	45
83^rd	Pineville	2	0	2	1	0	0.69	109	26
84^th	Centertown	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	117	33
85^th	Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	229	144
86^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	1	0.67	78	8
87^th	Independence	5	2	1	0	4	0.669	69	18
88^th	Berea	4	3	3	0	0	0.669	73	15
89^th	Russell Springs	2	1	2	0	0	0.667	74	15
90^th	Cold Spring	2	0	0	1	1	0.666	106	16
91^st	Sonora	1	0	0	1	0	0.663	186	95
92^nd	Hazard	4	1	3	1	0	0.662	161	69
93^rd	Olmstead	1	0	0	0	0	0.662	77	16
94^th	Smiths Grove	2	0	0	0	0	0.661	104	10
95^th	Rockholds	1	0	0	0	0	0.658	81	14
96^th	Neon	0	1	0	0	0	0.656	107	11
97^th	Sandgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.653	135	38
98^th	Paint Lick	1	0	0	0	0	0.645	87	11
99^th	Brandenburg	1	2	3	0	0	0.645	112	13
100^th	Danville	3	2	5	2	3	0.642	114	14
101^st	Calhoun	1	1	2	0	0	0.638	57	44
102^nd	Middlesboro	2	1	3	0	1	0.635	163	61
103^rd	Waynesburg	2	0	0	0	0	0.631	166	63
104^th	Kimper	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	60	44
105^th	Hawesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	143	38
106^th	Lebanon	3	3	2	2	1	0.623	171	65
107^th	Crofton	1	0	0	0	1	0.619	110	3
108^th	Adairville	1	0	0	0	0	0.618	88	20
109^th	Corbin	7	1	5	2	0	0.617	137	28
110^th	Williamsburg	5	1	3	1	0	0.616	70	40
111^th	Calvert City	1	1	0	0	0	0.616	151	40
112^th	Lancaster	2	1	2	0	0	0.614	168	56
113^th	Princeton	2	1	2	0	0	0.614	113
114^th	Taylorsville	3	1	1	1	0	0.613	105	9
115^th	Payneville	1	0	0	0	0	0.612	47	68
116^th	Mc Kee	1	1	3	0	0	0.61	94	22
117^th	Herndon	1	0	0	0	0	0.609	98	19
118^th	Cub Run	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	198	80
119^th	Paducah	11	3	3	2	3	0.607	97	22
120^th	Tompkinsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.605	136	16
121^st	Garrison	1	0	0	0	0	0.604	172	51
122^nd	Baxter	1	0	1	0	0	0.604	65	57
123^rd	Fedscreek	1	0	0	0	0	0.604	208	85
124^th	Henderson	7	2	2	1	1	0.603	118	6
125^th	North Middletown	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	153	28
126^th	Paintsville	2	1	2	1	1	0.601	156	30
127^th	Eubank	1	0	0	0	0	0.6	66	61
128^th	Ekron	2	1	0	0	0	0.593	154	26
129^th	Elizabethtown	7	3	6	4	2	0.589	175	46
130^th	Cecilia	2	1	1	0	0	0.588	141	11
131^st	Beaver Dam	2	0	0	0	0	0.585	119	12
132^nd	Leitchfield	3	1	3	0	4	0.585	91	41
133^rd	Lawrenceburg	4	1	1	0	1	0.584	111	22
134^th	Oneida	2	0	0	0	1	0.583	86	48
135^th	Corydon	1	0	0	0	0	0.581	34	101
136^th	Villa Hills	1	0	0	0	1	0.577	52	84
137^th	Tyner	1	0	0	0	0	0.575	82	55
138^th	Burlington	3	1	1	0	1	0.575	138
139^th	Mount Sterling	4	1	4	0	2	0.574	183	44
140^th	Frakes	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	250	110
141^st	Littcarr	1	0	0	0	0	0.57	100	41
142^nd	Campton	1	1	1	0	1	0.57	170	28
143^rd	Lewisport	1	1	2	0	0	0.569	125	18
144^th	Brownsville	0	2	1	0	0	0.568	95	49
145^th	Nicholasville	6	2	4	0	0	0.568	178	33
146^th	Owensboro	17	5	10	0	7	0.563	180	34
147^th	Glasgow	7	2	6	1	2	0.562	139	8
148^th	Bardwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.561	134	14
149^th	Cumberland	1	0	0	0	0	0.56	127	22
150^th	Marion	1	1	2	0	0	0.56	148	2
151^st	Raceland	1	1	1	0	0	0.553	185	34
152^nd	Clinton	1	0	1	0	0	0.552	63	89
153^rd	West Liberty	3	1	4	0	1	0.549	130	23
154^th	Middletown	1	1	1	0	0	0.549	164	10
155^th	Grayson	3	1	1	0	0	0.547	142	13
156^th	Bowling Green	18	5	13	2	8	0.547	173	17
157^th	Hodgenville	3	1	1	0	0	0.546	132	25
158^th	Nortonville	1	1	0	0	0	0.544	203	45
159^th	Stoney Fork	1	0	0	0	0	0.541	19	140
160^th	Willisburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	149	11
161^st	Vine Grove	1	1	0	0	0	0.535	133	28
162^nd	Jamestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.534	121	41
163^rd	Fourmile	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	200	37
164^th	Lexington	45	12	21	0	32	0.523	181	17
165^th	Dawson Springs	1	0	1	1	0	0.522	162	3
166^th	Flatgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	268	102
167^th	Madisonville	4	2	4	1	4	0.52	115	52
168^th	Burkesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.517	152	16
169^th	Hindman	1	0	2	0	0	0.516	220	51
170^th	Catlettsburg	2	0	0	0	0	0.516	154	16
171^st	Martin	1	0	1	1	0	0.514	160	11
172^nd	Pleasureville	1	0	0	0	0	0.512	197	25
173^rd	Georgetown	9	3	4	0	5	0.512	190	17
174^th	Midway	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	61	113
175^th	Mount Vernon	2	1	3	0	0	0.51	236	61
176^th	Flatwoods	1	0	0	0	0	0.507	146	30
177^th	Campbellsville	3	2	5	0	2	0.504	224	47
178^th	Yeaddiss	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	17	161
179^th	Emmalena	1	0	0	0	0	0.497	89	90
180^th	Greenup	1	0	2	0	0	0.497	157	23
181^st	Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	195	14
182^nd	Munfordville	1	0	1	0	0	0.495	165	17
183^rd	Bremen	1	0	0	0	0	0.492	179	4
184^th	Springfield	1	1	3	0	1	0.49	167	17
185^th	Harned	0	1	2	0	0	0.487	189	4
186^th	Covington	9	1	3	1	7	0.484	187	1
187^th	Greensburg	2	1	3	0	0	0.483	99	88
188^th	Eastern	1	0	1	0	0	0.482	159	29
189^th	Benton	5	1	3	1	1	0.478	206	17
190^th	Harrodsburg	2	1	4	0	1	0.476	194	4
191^st	Mount Washington	4	2	2	0	0	0.472	140	51
192^nd	Evarts	2	0	0	0	0	0.472	124	68
193^rd	Louisa	3	1	1	0	2	0.47	174	19
194^th	Hardinsburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.47	103	91
195^th	Guthrie	1	0	0	0	1	0.467	262	67
196^th	Columbia	2	1	2	0	0	0.464	218	22
197^th	Lewisburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.462	131	66
198^th	Elkton	1	1	4	0	0	0.455	274	76
199^th	Whitesburg	3	1	3	0	0	0.451	219	20
200^th	Lick Creek	0	0	1	0	0	0.449	215	15
201^st	Lebanon Junction	1	0	0	0	0	0.447	226	25
202^nd	Coxs Creek	1	0	0	0	1	0.442	239	37
203^rd	Allen	1	0	0	0	1	0.442	231	28
204^th	Frankfort	9	2	7	0	4	0.437	230	26
205^th	Girdler	1	0	0	0	0	0.434	207	2
206^th	Pembroke	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	201	5
207^th	Owingsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.427	210	3
208^th	Morehead	4	2	3	0	3	0.423	193	15
209^th	Booneville	2	0	1	0	0	0.422	204	5
210^th	Ludlow	1	0	1	0	0	0.422	176	34
211^th	Ashland	10	2	6	2	2	0.421	202	9
212^th	Dixon	1	1	2	0	0	0.417	192	20
213^th	Brooksville	1	1	1	0	0	0.416	184	29
214^th	Sacramento	1	0	0	0	0	0.415	188	26
215^th	Butler	1	1	0	0	0	0.414	228	13
216^th	Mc Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	211	5
217^th	New Castle	3	1	1	0	0	0.409	212	5
218^th	Inez	2	0	2	0	0	0.405	251	33
219^th	Waco	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	128	91
220^th	Olive Hill	2	1	2	1	0	0.399	177	43
221^st	Liberty	3	1	2	0	4	0.397	169	52
222^nd	Bardstown	5	2	5	2	6	0.395	217	5
223^rd	Florence	5	2	2	0	7	0.391	222	1
224^th	Morgantown	2	1	3	0	1	0.389	216	8
225^th	Vanceburg	2	1	2	0	0	0.387	182	43
226^th	Phelps	0	0	2	0	0	0.387	260	34
227^th	Crab Orchard	1	0	0	0	1	0.377	243	16
228^th	Flemingsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.374	233	5
229^th	Caneyville	1	0	0	0	1	0.374	205	24
230^th	Cadiz	2	1	2	1	1	0.367	244	14
231^st	Nebo	1	0	0	0	0	0.367	191	40
232^nd	Franklin	3	1	2	0	2	0.362	213	19
233^rd	Horse Cave	1	1	1	0	0	0.36	276	43
234^th	Blaine	1	0	0	0	0	0.356	301	67
235^th	Hillsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.355	285	50
236^th	South Shore	1	1	0	0	0	0.339	221	15
237^th	Sturgis	1	0	0	0	0	0.339	258	21
238^th	Hickman	1	1	2	0	0	0.338	253	15
239^th	Greenville	2	2	3	0	1	0.338	249	10
240^th	Albany	2	1	3	0	0	0.336	235	5
241^st	Eminence	1	0	1	0	0	0.335	223	18
242^nd	Stanford	1	1	3	0	0	0.333	265	23
243^rd	Salyersville	3	1	1	0	0	0.332	234	9
244^th	Blackey	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	307	63
245^th	Grethel	1	0	0	0	0	0.331	150	95
246^th	Russellville	2	1	4	0	1	0.324	240	6
247^th	Lucas	1	0	0	0	0	0.323	263	16
248^th	Wallins Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	158	90
249^th	Hopkinsville	8	3	5	3	5	0.321	245	4
250^th	Winchester	5	2	3	1	4	0.32	246	4
251^st	Irvington	1	0	0	0	0	0.32	264	13
252^nd	Warfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.319	275	23
253^rd	Livermore	1	0	0	0	0	0.318	199	54
254^th	Cynthiana	4	1	3	0	1	0.315	241	13
255^th	Dayton	1	0	1	0	0	0.314	254	1
256^th	Erlanger	4	1	3	0	4	0.311	269	13
257^th	Happy	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	282	25
258^th	Irvine	3	1	3	0	0	0.296	225	33
259^th	Shepherdsville	4	4	4	1	2	0.296	247	12
260^th	Dry Ridge	3	1	1	0	0	0.295	256	4
261^st	Scottsville	1	2	2	1	4	0.293	238	23
262^nd	Horse Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.285	196	66
263^rd	Edmonton	1	1	1	0	0	0.277	277	14
264^th	Jackson	2	0	4	1	2	0.274	209	55
265^th	Radcliff	4	1	1	1	1	0.271	270	5
266^th	Boston	1	0	0	0	0	0.27	255	11
267^th	Prestonsburg	2	1	2	0	0	0.267	280	13
268^th	Clearfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.263	281	13
269^th	Bloomfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.261	290	21
270^th	Williamstown	3	1	2	0	0	0.257	252	18
271^st	Warsaw	2	1	1	0	0	0.249	294	23
272^nd	Louisville	96	24	31	13	84	0.243	272
273^rd	Carlisle	1	0	1	0	0	0.241	237	36
274^th	Bonnieville	1	0	0	0	0	0.239	300	26
275^th	Stanville	0	0	1	0	0	0.236		(n/a)
276^th	Stearns	0	1	1	0	0	0.236	242	34
277^th	Maysville	2	1	2	0	1	0.234	248	29
278^th	Central City	1	0	0	0	0	0.232	297	19
279^th	Shelbyville	6	2	4	1	1	0.231	286	7
280^th	Stanton	2	1	2	0	0	0.227	295	15
281^st	Burna	1	1	0	0	0	0.223	267	14
282^nd	Sandy Hook	2	1	1	0	0	0.221	266	16
283^rd	Falmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0.22	257	26
284^th	New Haven	1	0	0	0	1	0.219	320	36
285^th	Hardyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.215	279	6
286^th	Betsy Layne	1	0	0	0	0	0.212	278	8
287^th	Bellevue	1	0	1	0	0	0.21	291	4
288^th	Beechmont	1	0	0	0	0	0.206	289	1
289^th	Uniontown	1	0	0	0	0	0.201	312	23
290^th	Custer	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	227	63
291^st	Ewing	1	0	0	0	0	0.199	214	77
292^nd	Hi Hat	1	0	0	0	0	0.197	299	7
293^rd	Owenton	1	1	1	0	1	0.195	283	10
294^th	Paris	5	2	2	0	1	0.192	287	7
295^th	Beattyville	2	0	3	0	0	0.192	284	11
296^th	Frenchburg	1	0	2	0	0	0.18	261	35
297^th	Topmost	1	0	0	0	0	0.174	311	14
298^th	Monticello	3	1	5	0	1	0.172	271	27
299^th	Campbellsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.165	288	11
300^th	Fairdale	2	0	2	0	0	0.151	296	4
301^st	Park City	1	0	0	0	0	0.15	305	4
302^nd	Clay City	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	292	10
303^rd	Wurtland	1	1	0	0	0	0.127	310	7
304^th	Morganfield	2	1	3	0	1	0.122	293	11
305^th	Bedford	1	0	1	0	0	0.114	306	1
306^th	Oakland	1	0	0	0	0	0.112	317	11
307^th	Jeffersontown	1	0	1	0	0	0.102	298	9
308^th	Newport	2	0	2	1	4	0.097	308
309^th	Providence	1	0	0	0	0	0.096	313	4
310^th	Argillite	1	0	0	0	0	0.095	302	8
311^th	Sebree	1	0	0	0	0	0.085	315	4
312^th	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0.073	309	3
313^th	Carrollton	3	1	4	0	1	0.073	303	10
314^th	Elsmere	1	0	0	0	1	0.072	314
315^th	Cave City	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	318	3
316^th	West Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.036	319	3
317^th	Milton	1	0	0	0	0	0.02	316	1

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