Kentucky City Rankings

Updated Friday, December 10, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

*Please note that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on standardized testing and the number of schools reporting results are lower.

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Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

Rank (of 269)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Anchorage	1	0	0	0	0	0.997	1
2^nd	Fort Thomas	3	1	1	0	3	0.986	5	3
3^rd	Keavy	1	0	0	0	0	0.971	24	21
4^th	Goshen	1	1	1	0	1	0.965	6	2
5^th	Fort Mitchell	1	0	2	1	0	0.958	11	6
6^th	Perryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.957	10	4
7^th	Sweeden	1	0	0	0	0	0.948	3	4
8^th	Symsonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.94	25	17
9^th	Gamaliel	1	0	0	0	0	0.926	2	7
10^th	Morning View	1	0	0	0	0	0.915	20	10
11^th	Union	3	2	2	0	1	0.904	19	8
12^th	Spottsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.899	13	1
13^th	Crestwood	5	2	2	0	0	0.884	37	24
14^th	Science Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.882	51	37
15^th	Hebron	3	1	2	0	2	0.856	49	34
16^th	Buckner	2	1	2	1	0	0.854	41	25
17^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.853	70	53
18^th	Walton	1	1	1	0	1	0.842	21	3
19^th	Glendale	0	1	0	0	0	0.83	35	16
20^th	Hickory	1	0	0	0	1	0.82	58	38
21^st	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	2	0.814	57	36
22^nd	Dawson Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.813	211	189
23^rd	Murray	6	2	5	0	1	0.812	36	13
24^th	Blaine	1	0	0	0	0	0.809	234	210
25^th	Earlington	1	0	0	0	0	0.805	38	13
26^th	Alexandria	3	2	3	0	3	0.805	47	21
27^th	Midway	1	0	0	0	0	0.799	50	23
28^th	Alvaton	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	28
29^th	London	8	2	6	0	3	0.789	85	56
30^th	Simpsonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.787	159	129
31^st	Wingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	55	24
32^nd	Boston	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	54	22
33^rd	Loretto	1	0	0	0	0	0.781	40	7
34^th	Junction City	1	0	0	0	0	0.779	7	27
35^th	Independence	5	2	1	0	4	0.769	52	17
36^th	Cub Run	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	64	28
37^th	Villa Hills	1	0	0	0	1	0.762	44	7
38^th	Somerset	7	3	5	0	3	0.761	26	12
39^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	1	0.76	31	8
40^th	Viper	1	0	0	0	0	0.757	23	17
41^st	Eddyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.753	78	37
42^nd	Prospect	2	0	0	0	2	0.749	9	33
43^rd	Mayfield	4	2	5	0	1	0.742	90	47
44^th	Pleasureville	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	275	231
45^th	Calhoun	1	1	2	0	0	0.74	111	66
46^th	Olmstead	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	16	30
47^th	Taylor Mill	0	1	1	0	3	0.734	81	34
48^th	Livermore	1	0	0	0	0	0.731	127	79
49^th	Lewisburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.73	214	165
50^th	Middletown	1	1	1	0	0	0.73	45	5
51^st	Ary	1	0	0	0	0	0.729	97	46
52^nd	Ekron	2	1	0	0	0	0.725	203	151
52^nd	Nancy	1	0	0	0	0	0.725	39	13
54^th	Waddy	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	189	135
55^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.71	79	24
56^th	Hartford	1	1	4	0	0	0.708	103	47
57^th	Cecilia	2	1	1	0	0	0.708	83	26
58^th	Clinton	1	0	1	0	0	0.701	100	42
59^th	Williamstown	3	1	2	0	0	0.699	209	150
60^th	Burna	1	1	0	0	0	0.699	132	72
61^st	Versailles	3	1	2	0	3	0.697	87	26
62^nd	Harned	0	1	2	0	0	0.694	86	24
63^rd	East Bernstadt	2	0	0	0	0	0.691	17	46
64^th	Taylorsville	2	1	1	1	0	0.683	80	16
65^th	Harlan	3	0	1	0	0	0.68	63	2
66^th	Cold Spring	2	0	0	1	1	0.675	46	20
67^th	Willisburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.674	68	1
68^th	Grethel	1	0	0	0	0	0.674	96	28
69^th	Crofton	1	0	0	0	1	0.669	135	66
70^th	Liberty	3	1	2	0	4	0.668	77	7
71^st	Bellevue	1	0	1	0	0	0.663	282	211
72^nd	Mount Washington	4	2	2	0	0	0.657	89	17
73^rd	Greensburg	2	1	2	0	0	0.656	149	76
74^th	Barbourville	3	1	5	2	0	0.655	102	28
75^th	Lewisport	1	1	1	0	0	0.641	160	85
76^th	Hardinsburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.64	30	46
77^th	Hoskinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.638	271	194
78^th	Whitesville	1	0	0	0	2	0.625	248	170
79^th	Paducah	11	3	3	2	3	0.622	143	64
80^th	Hawesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.617	238	158
81^st	Littcarr	1	0	0	0	0	0.614	244	163
82^nd	Hagerhill	1	0	0	0	1	0.613	56	26
83^rd	Danville	3	2	5	2	3	0.608	133	50
84^th	Burnside	1	0	0	0	1	0.603	69	15
85^th	Lexington	44	12	21	1	27	0.603	180	95
86^th	Greenup	1	0	2	0	0	0.603	195	109
87^th	Richmond	7	3	5	0	2	0.595	95	8
88^th	Barlow	2	1	2	0	0	0.59	144	56
89^th	West Paducah	1	1	0	1	0	0.59	118	29
90^th	Calvert City	1	1	0	0	0	0.59	319	229
91^st	Berea	4	3	2	0	0	0.589	110	19
92^nd	Morehead	4	2	3	0	3	0.587	126	34
93^rd	Russell Springs	2	1	2	0	0	0.586	129	36
94^th	Brownsville	0	2	1	0	0	0.585	117	23
95^th	Covington	9	1	3	1	6	0.581	253	158
96^th	Tompkinsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.58	98	2
97^th	Pikeville	5	0	6	0	2	0.578	92	5
98^th	Bonnieville	1	0	0	0	0	0.571	232	134
99^th	Raceland	1	1	1	0	0	0.57	71	28
100^th	Payneville	1	0	0	0	0	0.567	164	64
101^st	Burlington	3	1	0	0	1	0.567	188	87
102^nd	Glasgow	7	2	7	0	2	0.563	116	14
103^rd	Ashland	10	2	5	3	2	0.561	198	95
104^th	La Grange	1	0	0	0	0	0.557	272	168
105^th	Tollesboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	196	91
106^th	Elizabethtown	7	2	6	3	2	0.554	166	60
107^th	Irvington	1	0	0	0	0	0.547	112	5
108^th	Pineville	2	0	2	1	0	0.543	168	60
109^th	Eminence	1	0	1	0	0	0.541	268	159
110^th	Staffordsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	75	35
111^th	Hyden	1	0	2	0	1	0.54	109	2
112^th	Vine Grove	1	1	0	0	0	0.538	101	11
113^th	Herndon	1	0	0	0	0	0.532	237	124
114^th	Burkesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.526	122	8
115^th	Flatwoods	1	0	0	0	0	0.522	22	93
116^th	Providence	1	0	0	0	0	0.52	295	179
117^th	Flemingsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.519	99	18
118^th	Corydon	1	0	0	0	0	0.518	172	54
119^th	Hanson	1	0	0	0	0	0.515	18	101
120^th	Madisonville	4	2	5	0	2	0.513	150	30
121^st	Williamsburg	5	1	3	1	0	0.512	82	39
122^nd	Mount Sterling	4	1	4	0	2	0.509	142	20
123^rd	Pine Knot	2	0	0	0	0	0.509	53	70
124^th	Leitchfield	2	1	3	0	4	0.508	104	20
125^th	Brooksville	1	1	1	0	0	0.507	192	67
126^th	Henderson	7	2	1	2	1	0.506	157	31
127^th	Munfordville	1	0	1	0	0	0.505	145	18
128^th	Bowling Green	18	5	13	3	7	0.504	184	56
129^th	Bardwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.499	240	111
130^th	Olive Hill	2	1	3	0	0	0.497	74	56
131^st	Grayson	3	1	1	0	0	0.494	42	89
132^nd	Georgetown	9	3	4	0	5	0.489	170	38
133^rd	Freeburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.489	32	101
134^th	Eubank	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	66	68
135^th	Tyner	1	0	0	0	0	0.485	217	82
136^th	Corbin	6	1	4	3	0	0.484	121	15
137^th	Denniston	1	0	0	0	0	0.484	147	10
138^th	Mc Kee	1	1	3	0	0	0.483	138
139^th	Hazard	4	1	3	1	0	0.483	194	55
140^th	Nicholasville	6	2	4	0	0	0.482	177	37
141^st	Sandgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.48	29	112
142^nd	Eastern	1	0	1	0	0	0.479	227	85
143^rd	Marion	1	1	2	0	0	0.477	233	90
144^th	Beaver Dam	2	0	0	0	0	0.477	269	125
145^th	New Castle	3	1	1	0	0	0.476	280	135
146^th	Vanceburg	2	1	2	0	0	0.475	246	100
147^th	Paintsville	2	1	3	0	1	0.471	88	59
148^th	Russellville	3	1	4	1	1	0.463	239	91
149^th	Princeton	2	1	2	0	0	0.46	62	87
150^th	Lancaster	2	1	2	0	0	0.459	216	66
151^st	Whitesburg	3	1	3	0	0	0.457	163	12
152^nd	Bremen	1	0	0	0	0	0.455	43	109
153^rd	Springfield	1	1	3	0	1	0.452	210	57
154^th	Bardstown	5	2	5	1	6	0.451	219	65
155^th	Park City	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	294	139
156^th	Shepherdsville	4	4	5	0	2	0.45	252	96
157^th	Hodgenville	3	1	1	0	0	0.45	94	63
158^th	Owensboro	17	5	9	0	7	0.445	183	25
159^th	Smithland	1	0	1	0	0	0.443	277	118
160^th	Hopkinsville	8	3	5	2	5	0.435	292	132
161^st	Clarkson	1	0	0	0	1	0.431	128	33
162^nd	Rineyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	153	9
163^rd	Campbellsville	3	2	5	0	2	0.425	179	16
164^th	Betsy Layne	1	0	1	0	0	0.424	283	119
165^th	Lawrenceburg	4	1	2	0	1	0.423	224	59
166^th	Florence	5	2	2	0	6	0.422	230	64
167^th	Frankfort	9	2	7	0	4	0.415	186	19
168^th	Sturgis	1	0	0	0	0	0.414	205	37
169^th	Sonora	1	0	0	1	0	0.412	262	93
170^th	Dayton	1	0	1	0	0	0.409	276	106
171^st	Cadiz	2	1	1	1	1	0.407	154	17
172^nd	Smiths Grove	2	0	0	0	0	0.404	178	6
172^nd	Neon	0	1	0	0	0	0.404	105	67
172^nd	Pembroke	1	0	0	0	0	0.404	307	135
175^th	Coxs Creek	1	0	0	0	1	0.402	124	51
176^th	Benton	5	1	4	1	1	0.399	247	71
177^th	Wilmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.398	290	113
178^th	Scottsville	1	2	2	0	2	0.397	151	27
179^th	Adairville	1	0	0	0	0	0.396	125	54
180^th	Middlesboro	2	1	2	0	1	0.39	212	32
181^st	Hustonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	187	6
182^nd	Manchester	5	1	2	1	2	0.383	140	42
183^rd	Belfry	1	1	2	0	0	0.381	93	90
184^th	Nortonville	1	1	0	0	0	0.379	131	53
185^th	Baxter	1	0	1	0	0	0.379	146	39
186^th	Campton	1	1	1	0	1	0.378	278	92
187^th	Evarts	2	0	0	0	0	0.377	148	39
188^th	Beattyville	2	0	3	0	0	0.377	206	18
189^th	Louisa	3	1	1	0	1	0.376	181	8
190^th	Maysville	2	1	2	0	1	0.374	215	25
191^st	Jackson	1	0	4	1	2	0.371	185	6
192^nd	Ewing	1	0	0	0	0	0.369	91	101
193^rd	Ludlow	1	0	1	0	0	0.365	123	70
194^th	Greenville	2	2	3	0	1	0.363	155	39
195^th	Warsaw	2	1	1	0	0	0.352	289	94
196^th	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	288	92
197^th	Hindman	1	0	2	0	0	0.349	152	45
198^th	Louisville	97	24	33	11	80	0.349	284	86
199^th	Dixon	1	1	2	0	0	0.346	231	32
200^th	Brodhead	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	134	66
201^st	Stamping Ground	1	0	0	0	0	0.333	243	42
202^nd	Frenchburg	1	0	2	0	0	0.332	306	104
203^rd	Carlisle	1	0	1	0	0	0.331	229	26
204^th	Wurtland	1	1	0	0	0	0.33	249	45
205^th	Butler	1	1	0	0	0	0.328	226	21
206^th	Sidney	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	73	133
207^th	Dry Ridge	3	1	1	0	0	0.32	287	80
208^th	Hardyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.32	255	47
209^th	Lick Creek	0	0	1	0	0	0.318	293	84
210^th	Lebanon	3	3	3	1	1	0.317	202	8
211^th	Winchester	5	2	3	0	3	0.311	136	75
212^th	Caneyville	1	0	0	0	1	0.311	193	19
213^th	Harrodsburg	2	1	4	0	0	0.31	199	14
214^th	Mount Vernon	2	1	3	0	0	0.31	113	101
215^th	Wittensville	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	8	207
216^th	Hickman	1	1	2	0	0	0.306	305	89
217^th	Guthrie	1	0	0	0	1	0.298	84	133
218^th	Hi Hat	1	0	0	0	0	0.296	120	98
219^th	Happy	1	0	0	0	0	0.294	213	6
220^th	Stearns	0	1	1	0	0	0.292	221	1
221^st	Blackey	1	0	0	0	0	0.288	161	60
222^nd	Franklin	3	1	2	0	2	0.286	175	47
223^rd	Falmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0.275	222	1
224^th	Jamestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	139	85
225^th	Wallins Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.273	176	49
226^th	Letcher	0	1	0	0	0	0.27	315	89
227^th	Elkton	1	1	2	0	0	0.267	267	40
228^th	Albany	2	1	3	0	0	0.261	310	82
229^th	Shelbyville	6	2	4	1	1	0.261	301	72
230^th	Stanford	1	1	2	0	0	0.26	201	29
231^st	Paris	5	2	2	0	1	0.255	257	26
232^nd	South Shore	1	1	0	0	0	0.252	106	126
233^rd	Bloomfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.251	254	21
234^th	Martin	1	0	2	0	0	0.251	12	222
235^th	Owingsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.241	162	73
236^th	Nebo	1	0	0	0	0	0.227	156	80
237^th	Owenton	1	1	1	0	1	0.225	258	21
238^th	Cynthiana	4	1	3	0	1	0.217	220	18
239^th	Campbellsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.211	207	32
240^th	Columbia	2	1	2	0	0	0.21	141	99
241^st	Salyersville	3	1	1	0	0	0.209	169	72
242^nd	Girdler	1	0	0	0	0	0.203	182	60
243^rd	Horse Cave	1	1	1	0	0	0.2	298	55
244^th	Erlanger	4	1	3	0	4	0.198	291	47
245^th	Inez	2	0	2	0	0	0.196	265	20
246^th	Morgantown	2	1	3	0	1	0.192	281	35
247^th	Radcliff	4	1	1	1	1	0.191	314	67
248^th	Irvine	3	1	2	0	0	0.19	264	16
249^th	Sandy Hook	2	0	1	0	0	0.186	263	14
250^th	Edmonton	1	1	1	0	0	0.178	311	61
251^st	Phelps	0	0	2	0	0	0.176	165	86
252^nd	Central City	1	0	0	0	0	0.172	197	55
253^rd	Cumberland	1	0	0	0	0	0.159	296	43
254^th	Stanton	2	1	2	0	0	0.155	208	46
255^th	Warfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.153	236	19
256^th	Fort Knox	0	0	1	0	0	0.15	308	52
257^th	Waynesburg	2	0	0	0	0	0.143	286	29
258^th	Lucas	1	0	0	0	0	0.139	33	225
259^th	Waco	1	0	0	0	0	0.13	235	24
260^th	Bedford	1	0	2	0	0	0.129	299	39
261^st	Lebanon Junction	1	0	0	0	0	0.114	245	16
262^nd	Newport	2	0	2	1	2	0.107	326	64
263^rd	Fairdale	2	0	2	0	0	0.101	320	57
264^th	Clearfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.099	321	57
265^th	Beechmont	1	0	0	0	0	0.087	114	151
266^th	Jeffersontown	1	0	1	0	0	0.081	302	36
267^th	Allen	1	0	0	0	1	0.064	223	44
268^th	Sebree	1	0	0	0	0	0.01	318	50
269^th	Clay City	1	0	0	0	0	0.008	312	43

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