Best High Schools in Kentucky for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kentucky!

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, Homeless 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 Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Homeless vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 37)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
210336001998	1	Letcher County Central High School	Public	9-12	435 Cougar Dr	Whitesburg	41858	Letcher County	Letcher County	No	No	No	No	(606) 633-2339	779	54	14.4	61.5%	754 (96.8%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	$10,684	$645	$170	$815	$9,415	$1,832	$10,576	97.3%	67.4%	29.91%
210477001166	2	Buckhorn School	Public, Alternative	K-12	18392 KY Hwy 28	Buckhorn	41721	Perry County	Perry County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 398-7176	310	23	13.4	70.3%	296 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$14,534	$1,260	$857	$2,117	$7,876	$2,607	$10,483	94.6%	38.0%	56.55%
210405001035	3	Meade County High School	Public	9-12	938 Old State Rd	Brandenburg	40108	Meade County	Meade County	No	No	No	No	(270) 422-7515	1,515	70	21.6	49.6%	1,330 (87.8%)	21 (1.4%)	84 (5.5%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (5.0%)	$13,700	$232	$24	$256	$7,693	$1,660	$9,333	91.9%	69.9%	21.96%
210480001686	4	Shelby Valley High School	Public	9-12	125 Douglas Park	Pikeville	41501	Pike County	Pike County	No	No	No	No	(606) 639-0033	531	32	16.5	65.5%	519 (97.7%)	7 (1.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$13,500	$659	$179	$838	$8,446	$1,913	$10,359	89.2%	77.2%	12.02%
210444001103	5	Newport High School	Public	7-12	900 E 6th St	Newport	41071	Campbell County	Newport Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-3023	579	55	10.4	84.5%	249 (43.0%)	123 (21.2%)	114 (19.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	92 (15.9%)	$27,812	$1,687	$933	$2,620	$19,355	$5,837	$25,192	86.5%	17.4%	69.10%
210039000062	6	Bell County High School	Public	9-12	9824 US Highway 25 E	Pineville	40977	Bell County	Bell County	No	No	No	No	(606) 337-7061	695	40	17.3	74.2%	681 (98.0%)	8 (1.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$20,431	$1,901	$274	$2,175	$13,795	$4,461	$18,256	83.8%	79.3%	4.44%
210303001640	7	West Jessamine High School	Public	9-12	2101 Wilmore Rd	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	No	(859) 887-2421	1,301	71	18.2	41.2%	1,046 (80.4%)	78 (6.0%)	109 (8.4%)	20 (1.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (3.4%)	$16,581	$240	$116	$356	$12,408	$1,883	$14,292	81.1%	60.9%	20.21%
210516001265	8	Russell County High School	Public	9-12	2166 S Hwy 127	Russell Springs	42642	Russell County	Russell County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 866-3341	832	54	15.4	64.3%	702 (84.4%)	6 (0.7%)	101 (12.1%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	11 (1.3%)	$13,548	$318	$315	$632	$9,264	$1,532	$10,796	78.4%	50.7%	27.65%
210324000874	9	Lawrence County High School	Public	9-12	100 Bulldog Ln	Louisa	41230	Lawrence County	Lawrence County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 638-9676	738	51	14.4	62.9%	714 (96.7%)	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)	$19,636	$1,237	$218	$1,455	$14,328	$2,952	$17,280	75.7%	61.6%	14.08%
210309000818	10	Simon Kenton High School	Public	9-12	11132 Madison Pk	Independence	41051	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	No	(859) 960-0100	1,859	84	22	36.9%	1,650 (88.8%)	41 (2.2%)	76 (4.1%)	13 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (4.1%)	$10,753	$275	$36	$312	$7,668	$1,297	$8,965	73.0%	80.8%	7.82%

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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 November 1, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.