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Schools in Boyd County, KY

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Schools

7,047

Students

Districts

Top rankedStar Elementary School173^rd of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Catlettsburg Elementary School up 174 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Holy Family School 8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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11 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)							KSA Reading (2026)							KSA Science (2026)			KSA Writing (2026)			KSA Social Studies (2026)			KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th 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	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paul G. Blazer High School	Public	9-12	1500 Blazer Blvd	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	No	(606) 327-6040	821	61	13.4	54.1%	669 (81.5%)	33 (4.0%)	38 (4.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (9.6%)	40.7	156^th of 262 public high schools	40.5%		59	81^st of 254 public high schools	68.1%	75							35.0							47.0			19.0			36.0			36.0			41.0	$19,492	$754	$16,406
Ashland Middle School	Public	6-8	2800 Kansas St	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2727	671	47	14.2	59.2%	560 (83.5%)	27 (4.0%)	23 (3.4%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (8.0%)	30.8	234^th of 326 public middle schools	28.2%		39.6	195^th of 320 public middle schools	39.1%	39				33.0	30.0	21.0					53.0	48.0	30.0			23.0			47.0			32.0			38.0		$16,051	$1,029	$13,382
Crabbe Elementary School	Public	K-5	520 17th St	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2730	270	19	14.2	85.2%	205 (75.9%)	13 (4.8%)	13 (4.8%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (12.6%)	50.6	335^th of 684 public elementary schools	51.0%		46.7	368^th of 685 public elementary schools	46.3%	33	33.0		45.0					53.0	43.0	38.0					45.0			79.0			38.0			48.0			$19,913	$4,508	$13,522
Hager Elementary School	Public	K-5	1600 Blackburn Ave	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2731	344	21	16.3	57.3%	286 (83.1%)	11 (3.2%)	11 (3.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.3%)	55.5	286^th of 684 public elementary schools	58.2%		64.9	219^th of 685 public elementary schools	68.0%	67	47.0	56.0	57.0					49.0	63.0	45.0					37.0			35.0			33.0			49.0			$14,130	$1,512	$11,135
Oakview Elementary School	Public	K-5	3111 Blackburn Ave	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2733	267	24	11.1	68.5%	232 (86.9%)	5 (1.9%)	14 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.0%)	55.8	283^rd of 684 public elementary schools	58.6%		52.5	318^th of 685 public elementary schools	53.6%	35	47.0	57.0	30.0					55.0	53.0	58.0					45.0			51.0			21.0			51.0			$18,684	$2,906	$14,295
Poage Elementary School	Public	K-5	3215 S 29th St	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2734	304	25	12.1	56.3%	274 (90.1%)	9 (3.0%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	45.1	382^nd of 684 public elementary schools	44.2%		45.9	374^th of 685 public elementary schools	45.4%	8	51.0	23.0	43.0					58.0	45.0	45.0					30.0			36.0			30.0			62.0			$18,157	$2,264	$14,410
Charles Russell Elementary School	Public	K-5	1100 Russell St	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2735	202	14	14.4	69.3%	166 (82.2%)	8 (4.0%)	9 (4.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.9%)	30.6	493^rd of 684 public elementary schools	27.9%		44.1	391^st of 685 public elementary schools	42.9%	102		34.0						25.0	54.0	40.0					36.0			17.0			29.0			46.0			$19,251	$2,309	$14,988
Ashland Head Start	Public	PK	1820 Hickman St	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	No	(606) 327-2715	191	11	17.3	79.1%	161 (84.3%)	5 (2.6%)	8 (4.2%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.9%)								(n/a)
Ashland Alternative School	Public, Virtual	6-12	2208 Diniaco Drive	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	Yes	No	(606) 327-2797	13	3	4.3	92.3%	9 (69.2%)	1 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (23.1%)								(n/a)																											$21,553	$493	$19,577
Ponderosa Elementary School	Public	K-5	16701 Ponderosa Dr	Catlettsburg	41129	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 928-2330	359	27	13.2	50.7%	335 (93.3%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	58	264^th of 684 public elementary schools	61.4%		71.9	157^th of 685 public elementary schools	77.1%	107	29.0	65.0	62.0					38.0	56.0	49.0					58.0			25.0			36.0			73.0			$11,833	$554	$11,280
Boyd County High School	Public	9-12	14375 Lions Lane	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	No	(606) 928-7100	888	55	16.1	52.8%	844 (95.0%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	23 (2.6%)	49.4	125^th of 262 public high schools	52.3%		50.9	119^th of 254 public high schools	53.1%	6							48.0							55.0			18.0			40.0			34.0			40.0	$12,923	$221	$12,702
Cannonsburg Elementary School	Public	K-5	12219 Midland Trail Rd	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 928-7131	272	24	11.5	66.5%	247 (90.8%)	4 (1.5%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	45.6	377^th of 684 public elementary schools	44.9%		45.6	375^th of 685 public elementary schools	45.3%	2		36.0	41.0					42.0	62.0	35.0					46.0			51.0						32.0			$15,430	$1,244	$14,185
Boyd County Middle School	Public	6-8	1226 Summit Road	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 928-9547	618	42	14.7	57.0%	580 (93.9%)	6 (1.0%)	12 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	44	184^th of 326 public middle schools	43.6%		38.3	198^th of 320 public middle schools	38.1%	14				32.0	42.0	38.0					40.0	51.0	35.0			29.0			63.0			35.0			43.0		$11,905	$627	$11,278
Summit Elementary School	Public	K-5	830 State Rt 716	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 928-6533	425	32	13.1	62.4%	401 (94.4%)	9 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	37.1	439^th of 684 public elementary schools	35.8%		43	400^th of 685 public elementary schools	41.6%	39	50.0	37.0	28.0					53.0	41.0	49.0					28.0			14.0			35.0			48.0			$12,684	$751	$11,933
Catlettsburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3348 Court St	Catlettsburg	41129	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 739-5515	184	19	9.6	70.7%	166 (90.2%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.5%)	51.1	332^nd of 684 public elementary schools	51.5%		29.7	506^th of 685 public elementary schools	26.1%	174	33.0	52.0						53.0	63.0	30.0					52.0									41.0			$18,230	$1,057	$17,172
Boyd County Career & Technical Center	Public	9-12	14447 Lions Lane	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	No	(606) 928-7120	0	9	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Boyd County Early Childhood Academy	Public	PK	12307 Midland Trail	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	No	(606) 928-7110	230	17	13.5	72.2%	217 (94.3%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)								(n/a)
Kentucky Technical - Ashland Regional Technical Center	Public		4818 Roberts Drive	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	No	(606) 928-4256	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Ashland Technical College	Public		4818 Roberts Drive	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	No	(606) 928-4256	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Boyd County Central School	Public	6-12	12001 Twin Ridge Road	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	No	(606) 925-0400	18	6	3.0	88.9%	17 (94.4%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Star Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8249 E US Hwy 60	Rush	41168	Boyd County	Carter County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 474-5756	124	8	15.4	50.8%	123 (99.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70.2	173^rd of 684 public elementary schools	74.7%		69.7	176^th of 685 public elementary schools	74.3%	3		42.0	56.0					65.0													38.0			75.0			$21,820	$1,076	$12,879
Fairview High School	Public	7-12	2123 Main St W	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Fairview Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 324-9226	257	22	11.8	90.7%	236 (91.8%)	4 (1.6%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	25.9	201^st of 262 public high schools	23.3%		20.7	206^th of 254 public high schools	18.9%	5					29.0	18.0	26.0					46.0	33.0	32.0		15.0	22.0		28.0	39.0		26.0	28.0		18.0	30.0	$18,342	$1,766	$16,576
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	258 McKnight St WW	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Fairview Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 325-1528	271	22	12.5	91.1%	250 (92.3%)	5 (1.8%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.8%)	22.8	554^th of 684 public elementary schools	19.0%		22.9	550^th of 685 public elementary schools	19.7%	4		32.0		40.0				38.0	39.0	17.0	50.0													29.0			$17,359	$2,215	$15,144
Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus A	Public	7-12	1539 Greenup Ave	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Raceland-Worthington Independent	No	No	No	No	(606) 836-7141	5	3	1.8	—	5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																											$25,786	$2,354	$21,281
Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus B	Public, Alternative	K-12	2420 Roberts Dr	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Raceland-Worthington Independent	No	No	No	No	(606) 920-2091	24	4	6.8	12.5%	14 (58.3%)	9 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																											$15,941	$3,034	$10,756
Holy Family School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-12	932 Winchester Ave	Ashland	41101	Boyd County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(160) 632-4704	160	16	8.0	—	115 (71.9%)	6 (3.8%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)								(n/a)
Rose Hill Christian School	Private, Baptist	PK, KG-12	1001 Winslow Rd	Ashland	41102	Boyd County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(606) 324-6105	129	15	8.0	—	106 (82.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.2%)								(n/a)

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