Best High Schools in Kentucky for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 93)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	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	98.9%	99.3%	0.39%			210299002027
2	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	97.8%	99.0%	1.12%			210299000734
3	STEAM Academy	Public, Magnet	9-12	123 East 6 Street	Lexington	40508	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	Yes	No	No	(859) 381-3033	444	20	22.4	38.5%	232 (52.3%)	125 (28.2%)	58 (13.1%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)								96.8%	91.4%	5.39%			210186002341
4	Glasgow High School	Public	9-12	1601 Columbia Ave	Glasgow	42141	Barren County	Glasgow Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 651-8801	612	38	16.1	58.2%	360 (58.8%)	57 (9.3%)	105 (17.2%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	71 (11.6%)	$13,009	$1,133	$562	$1,695	$8,419	$2,895	$11,314	95.7%	62.4%	33.29%			210222000461
5	Mayfield High School	Public	9-12	700 Douthitt St	Mayfield	42066	Graves County	Mayfield Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 247-4461	534	33	16.1	69.1%	211 (39.5%)	79 (14.8%)	193 (36.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (9.0%)	$24,169	$2,767	$2,898	$3,350	$17,974	$5,667	$23,678	94.6%	66.9%	27.73%			210390000995
6	Simon Kenton High School	Public	9-12	11132 Madison Pk	Independence	41051	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	No	(859) 960-0100	1,882	84	22.4	38.0%	1,666 (88.5%)	37 (2.0%)	82 (4.4%)	8 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	84 (4.5%)	$12,214	$394	$323	$717	$8,139	$1,635	$9,774	93.5%	67.2%	26.31%			210309000818
7	South Warren High School	Public	9-12	8140 Nashville Rd	Bowling Green	42101	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	No	(270) 467-7500	1,523	78	19.5	37.3%	1,115 (73.2%)	87 (5.7%)	97 (6.4%)	146 (9.6%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	70 (4.6%)	$12,917	$575	$852	$1,426	$7,235	$2,018	$9,254	92.5%	94.8%	2.35%			210573002277
8	Success Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	1555 Georgetown Road	Lexington	40511	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	Yes	No	(859) 381-4000	366	18	20.1	64.8%	179 (48.9%)	90 (24.6%)	68 (18.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.8%)								91.4%	41.0%	50.36%			210186002463
9	Carter G. Woodson Academy	Public, Magnet	6-12	2000 Winchester Road	Lexington	40509	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	Yes	No	No	(859) 381-3933	305	22	13.6	59.0%	19 (6.2%)	229 (75.1%)	36 (11.8%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)								90.3%	45.9%	44.46%			210186002323
10	Louisville Male High	Public, Magnet	9-12	4409 Preston Highway	Louisville	40213	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	No	(502) 485-8292	1,904	91	20.8	43.1%	783 (41.1%)	837 (44.0%)	123 (6.5%)	54 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (5.6%)	$15,364	$1,781	$1,346	$3,127	$9,768	$1,285	$11,053	89.2%	85.2%	4.07%			210299001705

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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.

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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