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Graves County

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At a glance

9^thof 158 Kentucky districts▲ 2

Better than 94% of Kentucky districts

Elementary 6 Middle 1 High 3Grades PK, KG-12

2290 State Rt 121 N
Mayfield, KY 42066·(270) 328-2656·All Kentucky district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 94.3% of districts

Schools

3,906

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedFarmington Elementary School6^th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Graves County High School up 78 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Wingo Elementary School 12.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

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

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Summary:

Graves County has 10 schools—six elementary, one middle and three high or alternative schools—serving students across those grade levels. Elementary results in 2025–2026 were generally strong compared with state results: 59 of 64 reported school-grade-subject results were above the state figure, and the average advantage was 19 percentage points. Elementary chronic absenteeism averaged 9%, compared with 24% statewide. The most important finding is that elementary performance is broadly above state levels, even though results vary considerably from school to school.

Farmington Elementary School is the clearest standout: SchoolDigger ranks it 6th of 684 statewide, in the 99th percentile, with five stars. Graves County Central Elementary ranks 38th, and Symsonia Elementary School ranks 60th. The difference between schools can be large: fifth-grade writing was 78% at Farmington and 23% at Fancy Farm Elementary School, a 55-point spread. Graves County High School also stands out, with a 98% graduation rate and results above the state in all six reported subjects. By contrast, Gateway Academy High School reported reading proficiency of 12% in grade 10 and 20% in grade 8; its other listed test results are suppressed, so its full academic picture is unclear.

Recent results are mixed rather than uniformly improving. Graves County High’s grade-10 math rose from 44% to 62% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while Wingo Elementary School’s third-grade math fell from 66% to 34%; Wingo’s fifth-grade writing, however, rose from 46% to 70%. SchoolDigger rankings improved from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at Farmington (7th to 6th) and Central (58th to 38th), while Sedalia Elementary School moved from 60th to 148th. Enrollment and income measures add context, not explanations: Farmington’s student-teacher ratio is 13.4 and its 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rate is 61%; Wingo’s ratio is 12.4 and its rate is 76%, while Fancy Farm’s rate is 53% despite its low fifth-grade writing result.

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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 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
Fancy Farm Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	270 State Route 339 South	Fancy Farm	42039	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 674-4820	271	20	13.8	53.1%	227 (83.8%)	3 (1.1%)	22 (8.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.6%)	71.3	164^th of 684 public elementary schools	76.0%		83.8	82^nd of 685 public elementary schools	88.0%	82	46.0	76.0	49.0	59.0				54.0	81.0	70.0	85.0				62.0			23.0			42.0			42.0			$17,306	$971	$16,335
Farmington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7730 State Rt 121 S	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 328-4830	288	21	13.4	61.1%	254 (88.2%)	3 (1.0%)	19 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	96	6^th of 684 public elementary schools	99.1%		94.9	13^th of 685 public elementary schools	98.1%	7	78.0	80.0	57.0	71.0				92.0		89.0								78.0			76.0						$16,207	$787	$15,420
Sedalia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5252 St. Rt 97	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 328-4850	376	24	15.8	58.5%	311 (82.7%)	7 (1.9%)	31 (8.2%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.1%)	73	148^th of 684 public elementary schools	78.4%		74.7	136^th of 685 public elementary schools	80.1%	12	56.0	75.0	43.0	70.0				67.0	72.0	52.0	80.0							48.0			37.0			43.0			$14,785	$821	$13,964
Symsonia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	11730 State Route 131	Symsonia	42082	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 674-4860	370	26	13.9	56.5%	317 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.6%)	86	60^th of 684 public elementary schools	91.2%		86.4	62^nd of 685 public elementary schools	90.9%	2	49.0	79.0	55.0	60.0				66.0	83.0	55.0	83.0				66.0						63.0			75.0			$14,781	$932	$13,849
Wingo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	449 Lebanon St	Wingo	42088	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 328-4870	366	29	12.4	75.7%	317 (86.6%)	7 (1.9%)	27 (7.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	74	140^th of 684 public elementary schools	79.5%		70.3	171^st of 685 public elementary schools	75.0%	31	34.0	67.0	60.0	47.0				56.0	71.0		70.0							70.0			53.0			53.0			$17,421	$1,494	$15,927
Graves County Middle School	Public	7-8	625 Jimtown Rd	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	No	(270) 328-4890	556	32	17.3	52.2%	465 (83.6%)	12 (2.2%)	40 (7.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.5%)	78.4	48^th of 326 public middle schools	85.3%		72.1	70^th of 320 public middle schools	78.1%	22					47.0	61.0						66.0	55.0			38.0			54.0			49.0			57.0		$13,268	$718	$12,550
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
Graves County Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2262 State Rt 121 N	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Graves County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 328-4901	480	34	14.0	61.7%	365 (76.0%)	7 (1.5%)	65 (13.5%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.9%)	90.8	38^th of 684 public elementary schools	94.4%		92.2	25^th of 685 public elementary schools	96.4%	13	50.0	71.0	63.0	76.0				68.0	83.0	75.0	87.0				66.0			69.0			63.0			63.0			$15,888	$1,142	$14,746

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Scott County	0 mi	17	64^th
Fayette County	3.23 mi	82	65^th
Franklin County	6.5 mi	16	96^th
Woodford County	7.49 mi	8	37^th
Bourbon County	15.5 mi	6	146^th

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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.

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.