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Oldham County


At a glance
18thof 158 Kentucky districts▼ 8
Better than 88% of Kentucky districts
1350 N Hwy 393
Buckner, KY 40014-0218
·(502) 241-3500·All Kentucky district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 88.6% of districts
23
Schools
12,038
Students
10
5-star schools
Top rankedNorth Oldham High School4th of 262 Kentucky high schools
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Biggest riser
Harmony Elementary School up 38 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
LaGrange Elementary School 11.5 students per teacher
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Newly ranked this year
Buckner High School and 1 more
SchoolDigger ratings
5★
4★
3★
5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

Oldham County has 18 schools—9 elementary, 4 middle and 5 high—serving students from elementary through high school in an area where reported test proficiency is generally above state averages. In 2025–2026, average results were 58% for elementary schools, 58% for middle schools and 63% for the three conventional high schools, compared with matched state averages of 44%, 42% and 39%. The most important finding is that the area’s overall strength comes with meaningful differences between schools and subjects.

Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School, Buckner Elementary School and Kenwood Station Elementary School had the highest elementary averages: 71%, 69% and 67%. Crestwood Elementary School averaged 48%, while LaGrange Elementary School averaged 50%; however, LaGrange’s grade 5 writing score was 80%, compared with 35% statewide. Among middle schools, North Oldham Middle School averaged 62% and East Oldham Middle School 61%, ahead of Oldham County Middle School at 51%; East Oldham led four grade 8 measures. Among conventional high schools, North Oldham led with a 68% average and 85% in grade 11 writing, 38 points above the state. South Oldham High School led grade 10 math at 67%.

Results shifted only slightly overall between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, but the middle-school average fell about 4 points, while the conventional high-school average rose about 2; elementary results were nearly flat. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also moved in different directions: Crestwood Elementary School gained 21 percentile points over two years, while LaGrange Elementary School fell 13. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 ranged from 9% at Goshen at Hillcrest Elementary School to 57% at LaGrange, alongside different test results; these figures describe school contexts, not reasons for performance. One notable exception to the conventional high-school pattern is Buckner High School, where chronic absenteeism was 54%, compared with 24% statewide.

Ranking:
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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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