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Best Public Schools in Ballard County, KY

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Schools

922

Students

Top rankedBallard County Middle School35^th of 320 Kentucky middle schools

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Biggest riser

Ballard Memorial High School up 33 spots statewide this year

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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 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th 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
Ballard County Middle School	Public	6-8	3561 Paducah Rd	Barlow	42024	Ballard County	Ballard County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 665-8400	202	14	14.7	50.5%	181 (89.6%)	5 (2.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.4%)	82	35^th of 320 public middle schools	89.1%		72.8	65^th of 324 public middle schools	79.9%	30				53.0	49.0	57.0					69.0	61.0	63.0					65.0		57.0			67.0		$15,543	$1,981	$401	$2,383	$9,185	$1,663	$10,847
Ballard Memorial High School	Public	9-12	3561 Paducah Rd	Barlow	42024	Ballard County	Ballard County	No	No	No	No	(270) 665-8400	276	20	13.5	54.0%	244 (88.4%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.0%)	80	32^nd of 254 public high schools	87.4%		70.6	65^th of 290 public high schools	77.6%	33							61.0							55.0		32.0					48.0			48.0	$22,664	$669	$659	$1,325	$12,416	$5,969	$18,389
Ballard County Elementary School	Public	K-5	3383 Paducah Rd	Barlow	42024	Ballard County	Ballard County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 665-8400	444	27	16.4	60.6%	373 (84.0%)	13 (2.9%)	12 (2.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.9%)	43.1	399^th of 685 public elementary schools	41.8%		50	335^th of 685 public elementary schools	51.1%	64	36.0	38.0	37.0					49.0	49.0	49.0					35.0		28.0		33.0			60.0			$16,165	$1,810	$533	$2,345	$8,090	$2,384	$10,471
Ballard County Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	11 Vocational School Rd	Barlow	42024	Ballard County	Ballard County	No	No	No	No	(270) 665-8400	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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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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