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Mercer County

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At a glance

79^thof 158 Kentucky districts▲ 10

Better than 50% of Kentucky districts

Elementary 2 Middle 1 High 3Grades PK, KG-12

530 Perryville Rd
Harrodsburg, KY 40330·(859) 733-7000·All Kentucky district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 50% of districts

Schools

2,674

Students

Top rankedMercer County Senior High School50^th of 262 Kentucky high schools

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Biggest riser

Mercer County Intermediate School up 95 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mercer County Elementary School 15.1 students per teacher

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Summary:

Mercer County has six schools serving pre-K through grade 12: two elementary schools, one middle school and three high schools. Results differ substantially between the two high schools: Mercer County Senior High School scored above the state in all six reported subject-and-grade results for 2025–2026, while Mercer Central scored below the state in all four results available for comparison. The most important finding is that high-school outcomes vary sharply by school, with matched results separated by 19 to 39 percentage points.

Mercer County Intermediate School is another standout: nine of its ten reported results were above the state, with a mean advantage of 5 points. Its Reading scores exceeded the state by 8 to 10 points across grades 3–5. Kenneth D. King Middle School has a more mixed profile, with three of ten results above the state and seven below. In the four matched high-school comparisons, Senior High led Mercer Central by 39 points in grade 10 Mathematics, 29 in grade 10 Reading, 19 in grade 11 Science and 33 in grade 11 Editing and Mechanics. Mercer Central’s mean gap was 21 points below the state; Senior High’s was 8 points above.

Across 26 results available in both years, the average school-to-state gap improved by about 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but school trends differed. Intermediate’s grade 5 Editing and Mechanics rose 18 points, while Senior High’s Writing fell 7 points; SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Intermediate also climbed from 36 to 64 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. School contexts differ too: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 60% at Intermediate and 61% at King Middle, compared with 56% at Senior High and 78% at Mercer Central; student–teacher ratios were 15.4, 15.7, 17.3 and 12.7, respectively. Mercer County Elementary School has no scores in the supplied data, and Mercer County Day Treatment’s listed scores are suppressed.

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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	Total
Kenneth D. King Middle School	Public	6-8	937 Moberly Rd.	Harrodsburg	40330	Mercer County	Mercer County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 733-7060	581	37	15.7	61.3%	483 (83.1%)	20 (3.4%)	35 (6.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.7%)	46	169^th of 326 public middle schools	48.2%		41.9	184^th of 320 public middle schools	42.5%	15				37.0	38.0	45.0					49.0	59.0	46.0			26.0			40.0			36.0			40.0
Mercer County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	741 Tapp Rd	Harrodsburg	40330	Mercer County	Mercer County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 733-7040	713	47	15.1	66.2%	573 (80.4%)	18 (2.5%)	64 (9.0%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.0%)								(n/a)
Mercer County Day Treatment	Public	6-12	530 Perryville Road	Harrodsburg	40330	Mercer County	Mercer County	No	No	No	No	(859) 733-7120	11	1	11.0	72.7%	7 (63.6%)	1 (9.1%)	2 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)								(n/a)
Mercer County Senior High School	Public	9-12	1124 Moberly Rd	Harrodsburg	40330	Mercer County	Mercer County	No	No	No	No	(859) 733-7000	748	43	17.3	56.4%	617 (82.5%)	30 (4.0%)	52 (7.0%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (5.2%)	72.7	50^th of 262 public high schools	80.9%		77.9	39^th of 254 public high schools	84.6%	11							53.0							58.0			32.0			50.0			47.0			46.0
Mercer County Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1101 Moberly Road	Harrodsburg	40330	Mercer County	Mercer County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 733-7080	570	37	15.4	60.0%	470 (82.5%)	14 (2.5%)	43 (7.5%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.3%)	59.9	245^th of 684 public elementary schools	64.2%		49.5	340^th of 685 public elementary schools	50.4%	95	51.0	45.0	45.0					59.0	60.0	59.0					43.0			28.0			40.0			55.0
Mercer Central	Public	9-12	530 Perryville Road	Harrodsburg	40330	Mercer County	Mercer County	No	No	No	No	(859) 733-7120	51	4	12.7	78.4%	37 (72.5%)	1 (2.0%)	11 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.9%)	8.2	239^th of 262 public high schools	8.8%		14.2	221^st of 254 public high schools	13.0%	18							14.0							29.0			13.0									13.0

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kentucky Technical System	0.17 mi	50
Burgin Independent	5.41 mi	1
Boyle County	7.64 mi	7	7^th
Danville Independent	9.39 mi	7	107^th
Kentucky School for the Deaf District	10.45 mi	1

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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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