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The highest-performing public high schools in science in Kentucky

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in science in Kentucky, drawn from 177 qualifying public high schools. duPont Manual High leads the list at 61.0%, against a median of 22.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

177

Kentucky

Top % Proficient (Science)

61.0%

Median % Proficient (Science)

22.0%

BEST IN SCIENCE · KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	duPont Manual High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,899	61.0%
2	Beechwood High School	Fort Mitchell, KY	Beechwood Independent	High	762	48.5%
3	Highlands High School	Fort Thomas, KY	Fort Thomas Independent	High	1,019	42.0%
4	Oldham County High School	La Grange, KY	Oldham County	High	1,547	42.0%
5	North Oldham High School	Goshen, KY	Oldham County	High	948	42.0%
6	Lafayette High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	2,370	41.0%
7	Leslie County High School	Hyden, KY	Leslie County	High	455	41.0%
8	Pikeville High School	Pikeville, KY	Pikeville Independent	High	518	41.0%
9	Atherton High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,466	40.0%
10	Corbin High School	Corbin, KY	Corbin Independent	High	820	39.0%
11	Madison Southern High School	Berea, KY	Madison County	High	1,224	39.0%
12	Henry Clay High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,939	37.0%
13	Murray High School	Murray, KY	Murray Independent	High	607	37.0%
14	Calloway County High School	Murray, KY	Calloway County	High	824	36.0%
15	Cumberland County High School	Burkesville, KY	Cumberland County	High	290	36.0%
16	Boyle County High School	Danville, KY	Boyle County	High	869	35.0%
17	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,828	35.0%
18	McCracken County High School	Paducah, KY	McCracken County	High	1,882	35.0%
19	Woodford County High School	Versailles, KY	Woodford County	High	1,223	34.0%
20	Owsley County High School	Booneville, KY	Owsley County	High	291	33.5%
21	Bell County High School	Pineville, KY	Bell County	High	622	33.0%
22	Pulaski County High School	Somerset, KY	Pulaski County	High	1,113	33.0%
23	Ballard Memorial High School	Barlow, KY	Ballard County	High	276	32.0%
24	Johnson Central High School	Paintsville, KY	Johnson County	High	888	32.0%
25	Madison Central High School	Richmond, KY	Madison County	High	2,107	32.0%
26	Mercer County Senior High School	Harrodsburg, KY	Mercer County	High	748	32.0%
27	Harlan High School	Harlan, KY	Harlan Independent	High	455	31.0%
28	Ballard High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	2,148	31.0%
29	Dawson Springs Jr/Sr High School	Dawson Spgs, KY	Dawson Springs Independent	High	289	30.0%
30	Madisonville North Hopkins High School	Madisonville, KY	Hopkins County	High	1,023	30.0%
31	Russell High School	Russell, KY	Russell Independent	High	615	30.0%
32	Greenwood High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	High	1,451	30.0%
33	Whitley County High School	Williamsburg, KY	Whitley County	High	919	30.0%
34	Bowling Green High School	Bowling Green, KY	Bowling Green Independent	High	1,377	29.0%
35	Campbell County High School	Alexandria, KY	Campbell County	High	1,519	29.0%
36	John Hardin High School	Elizabethtown, KY	Hardin County	High	868	29.0%
37	Henderson County High School	Henderson, KY	Henderson County	High	1,852	29.0%
38	Middlesboro High School	Middlesboro, KY	Middlesboro Independent	High	337	29.0%
39	South Oldham High School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	High	1,304	29.0%
40	Somerset High School	Somerset, KY	Somerset Independent	High	526	29.0%
41	South Warren High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	High	1,548	29.0%
42	Breckinridge County High School	Harned, KY	Breckinridge County	High	875	28.0%
43	Livingston Central High School	Smithland, KY	Livingston County	High	339	28.0%
44	Taylor County High School	Campbellsville, KY	Taylor County	High	819	28.0%
45	Walton-Verona High School	Walton, KY	Walton-Verona Independent	High	548	28.0%
46	Garrard County High School	Lancaster, KY	Garrard County	High	792	27.0%
47	South Laurel High School	London, KY	Laurel County	High	1,119	27.0%
48	Ohio County High School	Hartford, KY	Ohio County	High	1,018	27.0%
49	Barren County High School	Glasgow, KY	Barren County	High	1,220	26.0%
50	Larry A. Ryle High School	Union, KY	Boone County	High	2,077	26.0%

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