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The highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Kentucky

Across Kentucky, 211 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. duPont Manual High leads the list at 77.8%, against a median of 37.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

211

Kentucky

Top % Proficient

77.8%

Median % Proficient

37.5%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	duPont Manual High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	23.4%	1,899	77.8%
2	Beechwood High School	Fort Mitchell, KY	Beechwood Independent	High	6.0%	762	66.0%
3	Pikeville High School	Pikeville, KY	Pikeville Independent	High	30.5%	518	64.6%
4	North Oldham High School	Goshen, KY	Oldham County	High	11.9%	948	63.8%
5	Highlands High School	Fort Thomas, KY	Fort Thomas Independent	High	7.7%	1,019	61.8%
6	Leslie County High School	Hyden, KY	Leslie County	High	68.1%	455	60.0%
7	Atherton High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	41.1%	1,466	57.8%
8	Oldham County High School	La Grange, KY	Oldham County	High	26.1%	1,547	57.5%
9	Corbin High School	Corbin, KY	Corbin Independent	High	51.2%	820	57.0%
10	Madison Southern High School	Berea, KY	Madison County	High	47.5%	1,224	57.0%
11	South Oldham High School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	High	21.3%	1,304	56.5%
12	Lafayette High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	33.1%	2,370	54.5%
13	Johnson Central High School	Paintsville, KY	Johnson County	High	56.5%	888	53.8%
14	Murray High School	Murray, KY	Murray Independent	High	44.5%	607	53.5%
15	Boyle County High School	Danville, KY	Boyle County	High	45.2%	869	53.3%
16	McCracken County High School	Paducah, KY	McCracken County	High	45.9%	1,882	53.3%
17	Pulaski County High School	Somerset, KY	Pulaski County	High	54.0%	1,113	52.5%
18	South Warren High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	High	41.1%	1,548	51.3%
19	Woodford County High School	Versailles, KY	Woodford County	High	41.9%	1,223	51.0%
20	Hart County High School	Munfordville, KY	Hart County	High	55.5%	645	50.7%
21	Henderson County High School	Henderson, KY	Henderson County	High	43.6%	1,852	50.3%
22	Henry Clay High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	41.7%	1,939	49.8%
23	Spencer County High School	Taylorsville, KY	Spencer County	High	37.7%	986	49.7%
24	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	40.6%	1,828	49.5%
25	Mercer County Senior High School	Harrodsburg, KY	Mercer County	High	56.4%	748	49.5%
26	Ballard Memorial High School	Barlow, KY	Ballard County	High	54.0%	276	49.0%
27	Somerset High School	Somerset, KY	Somerset Independent	High	55.9%	526	49.0%
28	Elizabethtown High School	Elizabethtown, KY	Elizabethtown Independent	High	36.6%	757	48.8%
29	Greenwood High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	High	48.7%	1,451	48.5%
30	South Laurel High School	London, KY	Laurel County	High	66.1%	1,119	48.3%
31	Ohio County High School	Hartford, KY	Ohio County	High	57.1%	1,018	48.0%
32	Walton-Verona High School	Walton, KY	Walton-Verona Independent	High	34.1%	548	47.8%
33	Bell County High School	Pineville, KY	Bell County	High	72.8%	622	47.3%
34	John Hardin High School	Elizabethtown, KY	Hardin County	High	48.2%	868	47.3%
35	Madison Central High School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	High	49.3%	2,107	47.0%
36	Whitley County High School	Williamsburg, KY	Whitley County	High	72.7%	919	47.0%
37	Paul G. Blazer High School	Ashland, KY	Ashland Independent	High	54.1%	821	46.7%
38	Paintsville High School	Paintsville, KY	Paintsville Independent	High	47.2%	318	46.3%
39	Calloway County High School	Murray, KY	Calloway County	High	54.6%	824	46.0%
40	Campbell County High School	Alexandria, KY	Campbell County	High	40.4%	1,519	45.8%
41	Russell High School	Russell, KY	Russell Independent	High	39.5%	615	45.3%
42	Dawson Springs Jr/Sr High School	Dawson Spgs, KY	Dawson Springs Independent	High	62.3%	289	45.1%
43	Harlan High School	Harlan, KY	Harlan Independent	High	54.9%	455	44.8%
44	Dixie Heights High School	Fort Mitchell, KY	Kenton County	High	40.8%	1,499	44.8%
45	Berea Community High School	Berea, KY	Berea Independent	High	51.5%	309	44.3%
46	Madisonville North Hopkins High School	Madisonville, KY	Hopkins County	High	43.4%	1,023	44.3%
47	Rowan County Senior High School	Morehead, KY	Rowan County	High	54.9%	904	44.0%
48	Larry A. Ryle High School	Union, KY	Boone County	High	34.3%	2,077	43.8%
49	Conner High School	Hebron, KY	Boone County	High	33.6%	1,400	43.8%
50	Ballard High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	36.1%	2,148	43.8%

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