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Best Schools · Kentucky · Highest proficiency

Kentucky public schools by raw proficiency

The traditional ranking: Kentucky public schools by combined math + reading proficiency on the state assessment. Best read alongside the BeatsExpectations ranking, which controls for student poverty.

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KENTUCKY · HIGHEST PROFICIENCY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevel% FRLStudents% Proficient
701Daviess County High SchoolOwensboroDaviess CountyHigh47.1%1,75037.5%
702Tates Creek Middle SchoolLexingtonFayette CountyMiddle57.0%76737.4%
703Eisenhower ElementaryLouisvilleJefferson CountyElementary61.1%59237.3%
704Middletown ElementaryLouisvilleJefferson CountyElementary48.7%57337.3%
705Elkhorn Middle SchoolFrankfortFranklin CountyMiddle59.2%72537.3%
706Garrard Middle SchoolLancasterGarrard CountyMiddle61.0%54337.3%
707Warren East High SchoolBowling GreenWarren CountyHigh60.8%96737.3%
708Paducah Tilghman High SchoolPaducahPaducah IndependentHigh57.6%86037.3%
709Franklin-Simpson High SchoolFranklinSimpson CountyHigh59.2%83037.3%
710Garrard County High SchoolLancasterGarrard CountyHigh57.3%79237.3%
711Augusta Independent SchoolAugustaAugusta IndependentCombined55.1%33437.1%
712Marie Gatton Phillips ElementarySacramentoMcLean CountyElementary69.6%11537.1%
713Anderson County High SchoolLawrenceburgAnderson CountyHigh44.2%1,15737.0%
714Kammerer MiddleLouisvilleJefferson CountyMiddle44.0%78137.0%
715Glasgow High SchoolGlasgowGlasgow IndependentHigh61.0%60837.0%
716Western Hills High SchoolFrankfortFranklin CountyHigh47.6%82737.0%
717Allen County Intermediate CenterScottsvilleAllen CountyMiddle65.9%66537.0%
718Flaherty Elementary SchoolEkronMeade CountyMiddle51.2%29936.9%
719Jefferson County Traditional MiddleLouisvilleJefferson CountyMiddle53.1%81336.9%
720Walnut Hill Elementary SchoolLibertyCasey CountyElementary77.1%37136.8%
721Bowen Elementary SchoolStantonPowell CountyElementary69.7%23136.8%
722Bardstown High SchoolBardstownBardstown IndependentHigh47.4%70336.8%
723Marshall County High SchoolBentonMarshall CountyHigh48.2%1,20136.8%
724Elkhorn Elementary SchoolFrankfortFranklin CountyElementary71.1%40936.7%
725Tates Creek Elementary SchoolLexingtonFayette CountyElementary78.1%62636.7%
726Trigg County Intermediate SchoolCadizTrigg CountyElementary57.9%41636.7%
727Lincoln Elementary SchoolDaytonDayton IndependentElementary85.0%45336.6%
728Bloomfield Elementary SchoolBloomfieldNelson CountyElementary78.2%22536.6%
729Paducah Middle SchoolPaducahPaducah IndependentMiddle60.8%63236.6%
730Bluegrass Middle SchoolElizabethtownHardin CountyMiddle55.7%58336.6%
731Washington County Elementary SchoolSpringfieldWashington CountyElementary66.8%47336.5%
732Washington County High SchoolSpringfieldWashington CountyHigh51.1%50736.5%
733Meade County High SchoolBrandenburgMeade CountyHigh41.0%1,51236.5%
734Barren County High SchoolGlasgowBarren CountyHigh49.1%1,22036.5%
735Meadow View Elementary SchoolRadcliffHardin CountyElementary70.8%51436.4%
736Picadome Elementary SchoolLexingtonFayette CountyElementary58.5%43436.4%
737Green County Intermediate SchoolGreensburgGreen CountyElementary63.4%37236.4%
738Simons Middle SchoolFlemingsburgFleming CountyMiddle57.0%34236.4%
739Blaine Elementary SchoolBlaineLawrence CountyElementary79.9%14936.4%
740Webster County Middle SchoolDixonWebster CountyMiddle52.7%31936.4%
741Highland MiddleLouisvilleJefferson CountyMiddle56.0%63936.3%
742Letcher Elementary & Middle SchoolBlackeyLetcher CountyElementary76.1%32236.3%
743Irvington Elementary SchoolIrvingtonBreckinridge CountyElementary71.9%35936.3%
744Lebanon Elementary SchoolLebanonMarion CountyElementary76.7%30536.3%
745Boyd County High SchoolAshlandBoyd CountyHigh52.8%88836.3%
746Boone County High SchoolFlorenceBoone CountyHigh52.6%1,25236.3%
747East Jessamine High SchoolNicholasvilleJessamine CountyHigh58.2%1,22236.3%
748Martin County Middle SchoolWarfieldMartin CountyMiddle70.6%26236.3%
749Jackson City SchoolJacksonJackson IndependentCombined60.4%37136.3%
750Martha Layne Collins High SchoolShelbyvilleShelby CountyHigh38.8%1,15736.3%
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