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Best High Schools in Springfield, KY

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507

Students

Top rankedWashington County High School96^th of 254 Kentucky high schools

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Summary:

The city of Springfield, Kentucky is home to two high schools: Washington County High School and Commander Academy. Washington County High School is a traditional public high school serving grades 9-12, while Commander Academy is a public virtual high school serving grades 7-12. Based on the available data, Washington County High School appears to be the more prominent and higher-performing school of the two.

Washington County High School has a much larger student enrollment of 527 students compared to just 45 students at Commander Academy. It also has a higher statewide ranking, placing 60th out of 290 Kentucky high schools, and a higher 4-year graduation rate of 93.5% compared to the same 93.5% rate for Commander Academy. Additionally, Washington County High School has a lower chronic absenteeism rate of 25.0% compared to the 25.0% rate at Commander Academy.

Academically, Washington County High School outperforms the state and district averages on most standardized test metrics, including KSA Reading, Writing, Social Studies, and Editing/Mechanics, as well as ACT English, Math, and Reading. However, the school lags behind the state averages in KSA Math and KSA Science. In contrast, Commander Academy students performed significantly lower than the state and district averages on the KSA Reading test, with only 24% proficient compared to 44% and 46% respectively. These stark performance differences between the two schools suggest potential challenges at Commander Academy, which may be related to its virtual learning environment and higher free/reduced lunch rate.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KSA Mathematics (2025)	KSA Reading (2025)	KSA Science (2025)	KSA Writing (2025)	KSA Social Studies (2025)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Washington County High School	Public	9-12	300 West US 150 Bypass	Springfield	40069	Washington County	Washington County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 336-5475	507	29	17.2	51.1%	422 (83.2%)	28 (5.5%)	38 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	56.1	96^th of 254 public high schools	62.2%		73.1	60^th of 290 public high schools	79.3%	36	38.0	43.0	23.0	59.0	42.0	42.0	$14,000	$540	$260	$800	$10,559	$2,641	$13,200
Commander Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	520 Lincoln Park Road	Springfield	40069	Washington County	Washington County	No	No	Yes	No	(859) 336-2116	0	1	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
WC Tel Center	Public	9-12	520 Lincoln Park Road	Springfield	40069	Washington County	Washington County	No	No	No	No	(859) 336-2116	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Springfield

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Willisburg	7.91 mi	1	160^th
Lebanon	9.39 mi	8	106^th
Loretto	11.26 mi	1	19^th
Perryville	14.11 mi	1	3^rd
Bardstown	14.33 mi	14	222^nd

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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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