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Best High Schools in Graves County, KY

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At a glance

Schools

1,716

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedGraves County High School16^th of 262 Kentucky high schools

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Biggest riser

Graves County High School up 78 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mayfield High School 16.6 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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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 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th 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
Mayfield/Graves County Area Technical Center	Public	8-12	710 Douthitt Street	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Kentucky Technical System	No	No	No	No	(270) 247-4710	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Graves County High School	Public	9-12	1220 Eagles Way	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	No	(270) 328-6242	1,145	68	16.8	52.8%	923 (80.6%)	20 (1.7%)	115 (10.0%)	11 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	73 (6.4%)	85.5	16^th of 262 public high schools	93.9%		56.4	94^th of 254 public high schools	63.0%	78			62.0			66.0		29.0		73.0		49.0		54.0	$14,739	$565	$14,173
Mayfield Youth Development Center	Public	6-12	3179 State Rt 45 S	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	No	(270) 247-9609	6	1	6.0	—	5 (83.3%)	1 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															$19,562	$4,758	$14,801
Gateway Academy High School	Public, Virtual	7-12	1211 Eagles Way	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 328-4979	48	1	48.0	62.5%	34 (70.8%)	2 (4.2%)	9 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.3%)								(n/a)					20.0	12.0									$4,414	$307	$4,107
Mayfield High School	Public	9-12	700 Douthitt St	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Mayfield Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 247-4461	517	31	16.6	62.3%	195 (37.7%)	62 (12.0%)	215 (41.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	42 (8.1%)	63.8	79^th of 262 public high schools	69.8%		55.4	103^rd of 254 public high schools	59.4%	24			38.0			47.0		32.0		56.0		49.0		43.0	$17,018	$20,655	$25,074

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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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