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The lowest-poverty (most affluent) public high schools in Kentucky

This ranking covers the lowest-poverty (most affluent) public high schools in Kentucky, drawn from 230 qualifying public high schools. Appalachian Challenge Academy leads the list at 3.0%, against a median of 57.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

230

Kentucky

Best % FRL

3.0%

Median % FRL

57.1%

LOWEST POVERTY · KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Appalachian Challenge Academy	Grays Knob, KY	Kentucky National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Academies	High	100	3.0%
2	Beechwood High School	Fort Mitchell, KY	Beechwood Independent	High	762	6.0%
3	Highlands High School	Fort Thomas, KY	Fort Thomas Independent	High	1,019	7.7%
4	North Oldham High School	Goshen, KY	Oldham County	High	948	11.9%
5	South Oldham High School	Crestwood, KY	Oldham County	High	1,304	21.3%
6	duPont Manual High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,899	23.4%
7	Oldham County High School	La Grange, KY	Oldham County	High	1,547	26.1%
8	Randall K. Cooper High School	Union, KY	Boone County	High	1,490	30.5%
9	Pikeville High School	Pikeville, KY	Pikeville Independent	High	518	30.5%
10	Bullitt East High School	Mount Washington, KY	Bullitt County	High	1,664	31.3%
11	Lafayette High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	2,370	33.1%
12	Conner High School	Hebron, KY	Boone County	High	1,400	33.6%
13	Walton-Verona High School	Walton, KY	Walton-Verona Independent	High	548	34.1%
14	Larry A. Ryle High School	Union, KY	Boone County	High	2,077	34.3%
15	Eastern High	Middletown, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,790	35.5%
16	Ballard High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	2,148	36.1%
17	Elizabethtown High School	Elizabethtown, KY	Elizabethtown Independent	High	757	36.6%
18	Spencer County High School	Taylorsville, KY	Spencer County	High	986	37.7%
19	Simon Kenton High School	Independence, KY	Kenton County	High	1,893	38.6%
20	Great Crossing High School	Georgetown, KY	Scott County	High	1,677	38.6%
21	Martha Layne Collins High School	Shelbyville, KY	Shelby County	High	1,157	38.8%
22	Central Hardin High School	Cecilia, KY	Hardin County	High	1,831	38.9%
23	STEAM Academy	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	453	39.1%
24	Russell High School	Russell, KY	Russell Independent	High	615	39.5%
25	Campbell County High School	Alexandria, KY	Campbell County	High	1,519	40.4%
26	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,828	40.6%
27	Dixie Heights High School	Fort Mitchell, KY	Kenton County	High	1,499	40.8%
28	Meade County High School	Brandenburg, KY	Meade County	High	1,512	41.0%
29	Atherton High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,466	41.1%
30	South Warren High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	High	1,548	41.1%
31	Eminence High School	Eminence, KY	Eminence Independent	High	551	41.2%
32	Hancock County High School	Lewisport, KY	Hancock County	High	461	41.6%
33	Henry Clay High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,939	41.7%
34	Woodford County High School	Versailles, KY	Woodford County	High	1,223	41.9%
35	Frankfort High School	Frankfort, KY	Frankfort Independent	High	331	42.0%
36	Scott High School	Taylor Mill, KY	Kenton County	High	1,017	42.3%
37	Madisonville North Hopkins High School	Madisonville, KY	Hopkins County	High	1,023	43.4%
38	Henderson County High School	Henderson, KY	Henderson County	High	1,852	43.6%
39	Shelby County High School	Shelbyville, KY	Shelby County	High	1,003	43.9%
40	Thomas Nelson High School	Bardstown, KY	Nelson County	High	629	43.9%
41	Anderson County High School	Lawrenceburg, KY	Anderson County	High	1,157	44.2%
42	Murray High School	Murray, KY	Murray Independent	High	607	44.5%
43	McLean County High School	Calhoun, KY	McLean County	High	427	44.5%
44	Boyle County High School	Danville, KY	Boyle County	High	869	45.2%
45	West Jessamine High School	Nicholasville, KY	Jessamine County	High	1,272	45.3%
46	Raceland-Worthington High School	Raceland, KY	Raceland-Worthington Independent	High	387	45.5%
47	Lyon County High School	Eddyville, KY	Lyon County	High	292	45.5%
48	McCracken County High School	Paducah, KY	McCracken County	High	1,882	45.9%
49	Logan County High School	Russellville, KY	Logan County	High	918	46.1%
50	Frederick Douglass High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,770	46.2%

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