Kentucky schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. Graham Brown School Louisville · Jefferson County | Combined | 71.0% | +22.6pp |
| 2 | BAVEL Glasgow · Barren County | Combined | 63.8% | +15.4pp |
| 3 | Barbourville City School Barbourville · Barbourville Independent | Combined | 61.8% | +13.4pp |
| 4 | Burgin Independent School Burgin · Burgin Independent | Combined | 58.3% | +9.9pp |
| 5 | Pineville Independent School Pineville · Pineville Independent | Combined | 56.0% | +7.6pp |
| 6 | Cordia School Hazard · Knott County | Combined | 54.5% | +6.1pp |
| 7 | Cloverport Independent School Cloverport · Cloverport Independent | Combined | 50.2% | +1.8pp |
| 8 | Buckhorn School Buckhorn · Perry County | Combined | 48.9% | +0.5pp |
| 9 | Robertson County School Mount Olivet · Robertson County | Combined | 43.3% | -5.1pp |
| 10 | Jenkins Independent School Jenkins · Jenkins Independent | Combined | 41.6% | -6.8pp |
| 11 | Williamsburg City School Williamsburg · Williamsburg Independent | Combined | 41.6% | -6.8pp |
| 12 | Jackson City School Jackson · Jackson Independent | Combined | 38.7% | -9.7pp |
| 13 | Augusta Independent School Augusta · Augusta Independent | Combined | 36.3% | -12.1pp |
| 14 | Fulton Independent School Fulton · Fulton Independent | Combined | 34.5% | -13.9pp |
| 15 | HCS Virtual Academy Elizabethtown · Hardin County | Combined | 32.5% | -15.9pp |
| 16 | Christian County Public Schools VLA Hopkinsville · Christian County | Combined | 31.3% | -17.1pp |
| 17 | Kentucky Virtual Academy Cloverport · Cloverport Independent | Combined | 27.4% | -21.0pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the KSA (K-PREP) % Proficient/Distinguished threshold on the latest available KSA (K-PREP) Reading test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Kentucky, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.