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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
1Anchorage Independent Public SchoolAnchorageAnchorage IndependentElementary8.4%39281.2%
2Scapa At BluegrassLexingtonFayette CountyMiddle14.0%30081.0%
3duPont Manual HighLouisvilleJefferson CountyHigh23.4%1,89977.8%
4Burning Springs ElementaryManchesterClay CountyElementary80.1%29777.7%
5G R Hampton Elementary SchoolBarbourvilleKnox CountyElementary70.1%24477.6%
6Dewitt Elementary SchoolFlat LickKnox CountyElementary88.3%12077.3%
7Whitley County East Elementary SchoolWilliamsburgWhitley CountyElementary84.3%26876.6%
8Sublimity Elementary SchoolLondonLaurel CountyElementary66.3%32376.3%
9Johnson Elementary SchoolFort ThomasFort Thomas IndependentElementary5.9%42576.1%
10Greathouse/Shryock TraditionalLouisvilleJefferson CountyElementary26.0%60775.8%
11Farmington Elementary SchoolMayfieldGraves CountyElementary61.1%28875.2%
12Clays Mill Elementary SchoolLexingtonFayette CountyElementary27.1%52774.9%
13Lone Oak Elementary SchoolPaducahMcCracken CountyElementary60.4%49574.5%
14Murray Elementary SchoolMurrayMurray IndependentElementary48.2%58974.5%
15Norton ElementaryLouisvilleJefferson CountyElementary23.3%71672.7%
16Woodlawn Elementary SchoolDanvilleBoyle CountyElementary39.4%65772.3%
17Athens-Chilesburg ElementaryLexingtonFayette CountyElementary21.3%62071.8%
18Oak Hill Elementary SchoolSomersetPulaski CountyElementary54.8%55171.5%
19New Haven Elementary SchoolUnionBoone CountyElementary27.1%71670.8%
20Tompkinsville ElemTompkinsvilleMonroe CountyElementary74.8%43770.8%
21Kyrock Elementary SchoolSweedenEdmonson CountyElementary70.4%33470.8%
22Cairo Elementary SchoolHendersonHenderson CountyElementary45.5%23370.7%
23Bush Elementary SchoolLondonLaurel CountyElementary61.1%51170.7%
24CORBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCorbinCorbin IndependentElementary56.0%38470.3%
25Moyer Elementary SchoolFort ThomasFort Thomas IndependentElementary8.1%56569.9%
26Cassidy Elementary SchoolLexingtonFayette CountyElementary31.6%63269.9%
27Shirley Mann Elementary SchoolUnionBoone CountyElementary20.6%71069.7%
28Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolLexingtonFayette CountyElementary17.3%68169.6%
29McKee Elementary SchoolMcKeeJackson CountyElementary72.9%39169.5%
30Corbin PrimaryCorbinCorbin IndependentElementary58.3%81569.0%
31Graves County Central ElementaryMayfieldGraves CountyElementary61.7%48069.0%
32Woodfill Elementary SchoolFort ThomasFort Thomas IndependentElementary14.2%44468.9%
33Cold Hill Elementary SchoolLondonLaurel CountyElementary57.9%25968.9%
34Buckner Elementary SchoolBucknerOldham CountyElementary16.0%62068.7%
35Reidland Elementary SchoolPaducahMcCracken CountyElementary71.0%54868.5%
36Manchester Elementary SchoolManchesterClay CountyElementary71.9%40968.2%
37Perryville Elementary SchoolPerryvilleBoyle CountyElementary58.5%31368.1%
38Hendron Lone Oak Elementary SchoolPaducahMcCracken CountyElementary53.0%49868.0%
39Hopkins Elementary SchoolSomersetSomerset IndependentElementary69.5%75068.0%
40Pleasant View Elementary SchoolWilliamsburgWhitley CountyElementary87.3%22967.8%
41Northern Elementary SchoolSomersetPulaski CountyElementary65.9%35267.6%
42Erpenbeck Elementary SchoolFlorenceBoone CountyElementary36.1%76467.5%
43Goshen At Hillcrest Elementary SchoolProspectOldham CountyElementary8.5%62767.5%
44Highland-Turner Elementary SchoolBoonevilleBreathitt CountyElementary84.8%18467.3%
45Spottsville Elementary SchoolSpottsvilleHenderson CountyElementary44.2%51467.3%
46W B Muncy Elementary SchoolWootonLeslie CountyElementary60.3%20967.1%
47Wellington ElementaryLexingtonFayette CountyElementary36.0%60866.9%
48Southwest Calloway Elementary SchoolMurrayCalloway CountyElementary51.9%39966.8%
49Phelps Elementary SchoolFreeburnPike CountyElementary85.0%29366.5%
50Hazel Green Elementary SchoolEast BernstadtLaurel CountyElementary85.4%36366.1%
Page 1 of 20 · 1,000 ranked. Composite math + reading proficiency on the state assessment, latest year.

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