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Best Public Schools in Jessamine County, KY

At a glance

Schools

8,331

Students

Top rankedWilmore Elementary School109^th of 685 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Brookside Elementary School up 142 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

The Providence School 5.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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 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	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
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School	Public	1-5	1500 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-6670	542	39	13.8	47.8%	412 (76.0%)	33 (6.1%)	65 (12.0%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.0%)	55	296^th of 685 public elementary schools	56.8%		52.8	317^th of 685 public elementary schools	53.7%	21	46.0	56.0	45.0					47.0	54.0	61.0					35.0			30.0			44.0			46.0			$15,017	$796	$379	$1,175	$11,093	$1,503	$12,549
Hattie C. Warner Elementary School	Public	1-5	821 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-3085	570	42	13.5	63.2%	450 (78.9%)	22 (3.9%)	57 (10.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.0%)	61	244^th of 685 public elementary schools	64.4%		58.6	267^th of 685 public elementary schools	61.0%	23	41.0	58.0	50.0					40.0	55.0	60.0					41.0			50.0			44.0			53.0			$15,430	$909	$472	$1,381	$11,055	$1,734	$12,743
East Jessamine Middle School	Public	6-8	901 Union Mill Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-5561	944	56	16.8	62.0%	688 (72.9%)	65 (6.9%)	115 (12.2%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (7.1%)	41	191^st of 320 public middle schools	40.3%		36.1	209^th of 324 public middle schools	35.5%	18				36.0	45.0	36.0					48.0	52.0	40.0			26.0			46.0			38.0			45.0		$14,167	$777	$394	$1,170	$10,026	$1,775	$11,754
Nicholasville Elementary School	Public	1-5	414 W Maple St	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-5351	465	38	12.1	67.7%	357 (76.8%)	31 (6.7%)	29 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.7%)	49.5	341^st of 685 public elementary schools	50.2%		45.1	369^th of 685 public elementary schools	46.1%	28	49.0	40.0	45.0					46.0	48.0	59.0					33.0			43.0			37.0			42.0			$17,271	$1,334	$420	$1,754	$12,552	$1,739	$14,245
Wilmore Elementary School	Public	1-5	150 Campground Ln	Wilmore	40390	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 858-3134	473	32	14.5	48.6%	378 (79.9%)	12 (2.5%)	27 (5.7%)	22 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.0%)	79.5	109^th of 685 public elementary schools	84.1%		61.5	240^th of 685 public elementary schools	65.0%	131	54.0	79.0	51.0					53.0	77.0	60.0					59.0			62.0			46.0			59.0			$15,986	$1,014	$441	$1,455	$11,489	$1,798	$13,241
West Jessamine Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-2244	887	55	16.1	47.4%	706 (79.6%)	45 (5.1%)	80 (9.0%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.3%)	69.9	83^rd of 320 public middle schools	74.1%		59.8	110^th of 324 public middle schools	66.0%	27				51.0	58.0	47.0					57.0	55.0	53.0			37.0			55.0			50.0			59.0		$13,773	$595	$373	$968	$9,873	$1,740	$11,567
Brookside Elementary School	Public	1-5	199 Brookside Dr	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 887-2012	515	36	14.3	58.8%	339 (65.8%)	52 (10.1%)	75 (14.6%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	37 (7.2%)	43.7	393^rd of 685 public elementary schools	42.6%		25	535^th of 685 public elementary schools	21.9%	142	38.0	41.0	42.0					37.0	57.0	54.0					39.0			29.0			38.0			38.0			$16,278	$1,240	$487	$1,727	$11,658	$1,650	$13,262
West Jessamine High School	Public	9-12	2101 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	No	(859) 887-2421	1,272	71	17.9	45.3%	1,021 (80.3%)	69 (5.4%)	116 (9.1%)	15 (1.2%)	6 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (3.4%)	66.6	59^th of 254 public high schools	76.8%		69.3	71^st of 290 public high schools	75.5%	12							47.0							53.0			26.0			54.0			44.0			44.0	$20,526	$572	$397	$969	$16,887	$3,380	$20,220
East Jessamine High School	Public	9-12	815 Sulphur Well Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	No	(859) 885-7240	1,222	60	20.3	58.2%	905 (74.1%)	83 (6.8%)	127 (10.4%)	14 (1.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (7.3%)	51.5	116^th of 254 public high schools	54.3%		50.7	136^th of 290 public high schools	53.1%	20							37.0							48.0			20.0			52.0			40.0			40.0	$22,288	$692	$396	$1,087	$18,146	$3,757	$21,857
Jessamine Early Learning Village	Public	PK-K	851 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 887-5358	785	59	13.3	60.5%	567 (72.2%)	51 (6.5%)	75 (9.6%)	16 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	74 (9.4%)								(n/a)																											$21,728	$1,891	$421	$2,312	$15,973	$2,330	$18,257
The Providence School	Public	6-12	210 S. Lexington Ave	Wilmore	40390	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 887-4600	130	25	5.2	84.6%	88 (67.7%)	10 (7.7%)	14 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	16 (12.3%)								(n/a)													10.0												10.0	8.0
Jessamine Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	881 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	No	(859) 881-8324	0	33	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Red Oak Elementary School	Public	1-5	921 Union Mill Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-0616	519	36	14.4	59.0%	376 (72.4%)	45 (8.7%)	45 (8.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (9.6%)	50.9	330^th of 685 public elementary schools	51.8%		49	336^th of 685 public elementary schools	50.9%	6	31.0	48.0	47.0					37.0	47.0	58.0					39.0			36.0			41.0			65.0			$15,563	$955	$444	$1,399	$11,004	$1,887	$12,845
Ashgrove Academy	Public	6-12	1115 Ashgrove Road	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	No	(859) 523-3001	7	2	3.5		4 (57.1%)	2 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (14.3%)								(n/a)

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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.