Best High Schools in Kentucky for Non-Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Kentucky Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Non-Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kentucky test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KSA and ACT test scores by the Kentucky Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Non-Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 238)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Non-Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Non-Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	J. Graham Brown School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	546 South First Street	Louisville	40202	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	No	(502) 485-8216	753	46	16.3	27.5%	433 (57.5%)	172 (22.8%)	43 (5.7%)	38 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (8.6%)	$39,473	$1,894	$1,398	$3,292	$12,859	$1,512	$14,371	99.6%	99.3%	0.27%			210299002027
2	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Public	9-12	1600 Man O' War Blvd	Lexington	40513	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(859) 381-3546	1,889	111	17	42.1%	759 (40.2%)	264 (14.0%)	595 (31.5%)	197 (10.4%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (3.7%)	$15,915	$827	$381	$1,208	$10,592	$2,199	$12,791	99.2%	89.7%	9.50%			210186001669
3	duPont Manual High	Public, Magnet	9-12	120 W Lee St	Louisville	40208	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	No	(502) 485-8241	1,922	111	17.3	22.5%	953 (49.6%)	366 (19.0%)	128 (6.7%)	384 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	87 (4.5%)	$16,028	$1,832	$1,380	$3,212	$10,018	$1,430	$11,448	98.7%	99.0%	0.23%			210299000734
4	North Oldham High School	Public	9-12	1815 S Hwy 1793	Goshen	40026	Oldham County	Oldham County	No	No	No	No	(502) 228-0158	983	47	21	12.2%	830 (84.4%)	13 (1.3%)	57 (5.8%)	43 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	38 (3.9%)	$11,127	$317	$149	$466	$9,096	$2,641	$11,737	98.3%	99.7%	1.34%			210453001953
5	Boyle County High School	Public	9-12	1637 Perryville Rd	Danville	40422	Boyle County	Boyle County	No	No	No	No	(859) 236-5047	887	51	17.2	45.0%	766 (86.4%)	24 (2.7%)	45 (5.1%)	9 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.4%)	$13,678	$329	$448	$777	$10,145	$2,755	$12,901	97.9%	97.2%	0.66%			210063000120
6	Murray High School	Public	9-12	1800 Sycamore St	Murray	42071	Calloway County	Murray Independent	No	No	No	No	(270) 753-5202	586	36	16.2	51.9%	433 (73.9%)	46 (7.8%)	43 (7.3%)	19 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.5%)	$30,343	$2,358	$937	$3,295	$20,243	$2,598	$23,630	97.5%	97.6%	0.11%			210438001086
7	Beechwood High School	Public	7-12	54 Beechwood Rd	Fort Mitchell	41017	Kenton County	Beechwood Independent	No	No	No	No	(859) 331-1220	746	39	19		640 (85.8%)	6 (0.8%)	64 (8.6%)	13 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	$17,334	$318	$95	$413	$8,824	$2,370	$11,194	97.1%	97.9%	0.87%			210036000060
8	Lafayette High School	Public	9-12	401 Reed Ln	Lexington	40503	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(859) 381-3474	2,373	130	18.2	35.6%	1,487 (62.7%)	278 (11.7%)	325 (13.7%)	135 (5.7%)	6 (0.3%)	1 (0.0%)	141 (5.9%)	$15,435	$831	$384	$1,216	$10,051	$2,247	$12,299	96.6%	95.2%	1.47%			210186000367
9	Harlan High School	Public	5-12	420 E Central St	Harlan	40831	Harlan County	Harlan Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 573-8750	449	27	16.5	64.4%	399 (88.9%)	16 (3.6%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.6%)	$31,932	$3,772	$2,711	$6,483	$19,269	$6,026	$25,304	96.2%	96.6%	0.33%			210252000552
10	Leslie County High School	Public	9-12	25 Eagle Lane	Hyden	41749	Leslie County	Leslie County	No	No	No	No	(606) 672-2337	488	30	16.5	70.3%	483 (99.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,925	$1,210	$973	$2,185	$10,425	$929	$11,782	95.8%	86.9%	8.90%			210333000885

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KSA Mathematics, KSA Reading, ACT English, ACT Mathematics, ACT Reading, KSA Science, KSA Writing, KSA Social Studies, KSA Editing and Mechanics test scores released by the Kentucky Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kentucky Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.