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The top-graded public high schools in Kentucky

Across Kentucky, 211 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against what poverty predicts, and the three-year trend, each compared with schools in the same state. duPont Manual High leads the list at A+, against a median of B- across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

211

Kentucky

Top Grade

A+

Median Grade

B-

TOP GRADED · KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Grade	Percentile in state
1	duPont Manual High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,899	A+	99.8
2	Pikeville High School	Pikeville, KY	Pikeville Independent	High	518	A+	99.3
3	Leslie County High School	Hyden, KY	Leslie County	High	455	A+	98.8
4	Corbin High School	Corbin, KY	Corbin Independent	High	820	A+	98.3
5	Madison Southern High School	Berea, KY	Madison County	High	1,224	A+	97.9
6	Atherton High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,466	A+	97.4
7	Johnson Central High School	Paintsville, KY	Johnson County	High	888	A+	96.9
8	Beechwood High School	Fort Mitchell, KY	Beechwood Independent	High	762	A+	96.4
9	North Oldham High School	Goshen, KY	Oldham County	High	948	A+	96
10	McCracken County High School	Paducah, KY	McCracken County	High	1,882	A+	95.5
11	Pulaski County High School	Somerset, KY	Pulaski County	High	1,113	A+	95
12	Oldham County High School	La Grange, KY	Oldham County	High	1,547	A	94.5
13	Murray High School	Murray, KY	Murray Independent	High	607	A	94.1
14	Boyle County High School	Danville, KY	Boyle County	High	869	A	93.6
15	Hart County High School	Munfordville, KY	Hart County	High	645	A	93.1
16	Lafayette High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	2,370	A	92.7
17	Mercer County Senior High School	Harrodsburg, KY	Mercer County	High	748	A	92.2
18	Highlands High School	Fort Thomas, KY	Fort Thomas Independent	High	1,019	A	91.7
19	South Laurel High School	London, KY	Laurel County	High	1,119	A	91.2
20	Bell County High School	Pineville, KY	Bell County	High	622	A	90.8
21	South Warren High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	High	1,548	A	90.3
22	Somerset High School	Somerset, KY	Somerset Independent	High	526	A	89.8
23	Woodford County High School	Versailles, KY	Woodford County	High	1,223	A	89.3
24	Whitley County High School	Williamsburg, KY	Whitley County	High	919	A	88.9
25	South Oldham High School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	High	1,304	A	88.4
26	Henderson County High School	Henderson, KY	Henderson County	High	1,852	A	87.9
27	Ballard Memorial High School	Barlow, KY	Ballard County	High	276	A	87.4
28	Ohio County High School	Hartford, KY	Ohio County	High	1,018	A	87
29	Henry Clay High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,939	A	86.5
30	Greenwood High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	High	1,451	A	86
31	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,828	A	85.5
32	Paul G. Blazer High School	Ashland, KY	Ashland Independent	High	821	A	85.1
33	Spencer County High School	Taylorsville, KY	Spencer County	High	986	A-	84.6
34	Dawson Springs Jr/Sr High School	Dawson Spgs, KY	Dawson Springs Independent	High	289	A-	84.1
35	Madison Central High School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	High	2,107	A-	83.6
36	John Hardin High School	Elizabethtown, KY	Hardin County	High	868	A-	83.2
37	Calloway County High School	Murray, KY	Calloway County	High	824	A-	82.7
38	Middlesboro High School	Middlesboro, KY	Middlesboro Independent	High	337	A-	82.2
39	Phelps High School	Phelps, KY	Pike County	High	239	A-	81.8
40	Elizabethtown High School	Elizabethtown, KY	Elizabethtown Independent	High	757	A-	81.3
41	Harlan High School	Harlan, KY	Harlan Independent	High	455	A-	80.8
42	Paintsville High School	Paintsville, KY	Paintsville Independent	High	318	A-	80.3
43	Apollo High School	Owensboro, KY	Daviess County	High	1,265	A-	79.9
44	Rowan County Senior High School	Morehead, KY	Rowan County	High	904	A-	79.4
45	Cumberland County High School	Burkesville, KY	Cumberland County	High	290	A-	78.9
46	Berea Community High School	Berea, KY	Berea Independent	High	309	A-	78.4
47	Walton-Verona High School	Walton, KY	Walton-Verona Independent	High	548	A-	78
48	Taylor County High School	Campbellsville, KY	Taylor County	High	819	A-	77.5
49	Letcher County Central High School	Whitesburg, KY	Letcher County	High	692	A-	77
50	Jackson County High School	McKee, KY	Jackson County	High	536	A-	76.5

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