Kentucky schools ranked by test score
Latest KSA (K-PREP) year (2024-25). 216 schools with reported Social Studies scores. State average: 38.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | Social Studies | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | duPont Manual High Louisville · Jefferson County | High | 80.0% | +41.1pp |
| 2 | Leslie County High School Hyden · Leslie County | High | 70.0% | +31.1pp |
| 3 | Beechwood High School Fort Mitchell · Beechwood Independent | High | 66.5% | +27.6pp |
| 4 | Corbin High School Corbin · Corbin Independent | High | 64.0% | +25.1pp |
| 5 | North Oldham High School Goshen · Oldham County | High | 64.0% | +25.1pp |
| 6 | South Oldham High School Crestwood · Oldham County | High | 63.0% | +24.1pp |
| 7 | Atherton High Louisville · Jefferson County | High | 61.0% | +22.1pp |
| 8 | Highlands High School Fort Thomas · Fort Thomas Independent | High | 61.0% | +22.1pp |
| 9 | Pikeville High School Pikeville · Pikeville Independent | High | 59.0% | +20.1pp |
| 10 | Woodford County High School Versailles · Woodford County | High | 59.0% | +20.1pp |
| 11 | Boyle County High School Danville · Boyle County | High | 58.0% | +19.1pp |
| 12 | Oldham County High School La Grange · Oldham County | High | 58.0% | +19.1pp |
| 13 | Henry Clay High School Lexington · Fayette County | High | 57.0% | +18.1pp |
| 14 | Lafayette High School Lexington · Fayette County | High | 56.0% | +17.1pp |
| 15 | Madison Southern High School Berea · Madison County | High | 56.0% | +17.1pp |
| 16 | McCracken County High School Paducah · McCracken County | High | 56.0% | +17.1pp |
| 17 | Somerset High School Somerset · Somerset Independent | High | 55.0% | +16.1pp |
| 18 | Clinton County High School Albany · Clinton County | High | 54.0% | +15.1pp |
| 19 | Pulaski County High School Somerset · Pulaski County | High | 53.0% | +14.1pp |
| 20 | Bell County High School Pineville · Bell County | High | 52.0% | +13.1pp |
| 21 | Greenwood High School Bowling Green · Warren County | High | 52.0% | +13.1pp |
| 22 | Johnson Central High School Paintsville · Johnson County | High | 52.0% | +13.1pp |
| 23 | Madison Central High School Richmond · Madison County | High | 52.0% | +13.1pp |
| 24 | Mercer County Senior High School Harrodsburg · Mercer County | High | 52.0% | +13.1pp |
| 25 | South Warren High School Bowling Green · Warren County | High | 52.0% | +13.1pp |
| 26 | Walton-Verona High School Walton · Walton-Verona Independent | High | 52.0% | +13.1pp |
| 27 | Calloway County High School Murray · Calloway County | High | 50.0% | +11.1pp |
| 28 | Scott County High School Georgetown · Scott County | High | 50.0% | +11.1pp |
| 29 | South Laurel High School London · Laurel County | High | 50.0% | +11.1pp |
| 30 | Hickman County High School Clinton · Hickman County | High | 49.5% | +10.6pp |
| 31 | Elizabethtown High School Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown Independent | High | 49.0% | +10.1pp |
| 32 | Graves County High School Mayfield · Graves County | High | 49.0% | +10.1pp |
| 33 | John Hardin High School Elizabethtown · Hardin County | High | 49.0% | +10.1pp |
| 34 | Livingston Central High School Smithland · Livingston County | High | 49.0% | +10.1pp |
| 35 | Murray High School Murray · Murray Independent | High | 49.0% | +10.1pp |
| 36 | Ohio County High School Hartford · Ohio County | High | 49.0% | +10.1pp |
| 37 | Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington · Fayette County | High | 49.0% | +10.1pp |
| 38 | Ballard Memorial High School Barlow · Ballard County | High | 48.0% | +9.1pp |
| 39 | Frederick Douglass High School Lexington · Fayette County | High | 48.0% | +9.1pp |
| 40 | Logan County High School Russellville · Logan County | High | 48.0% | +9.1pp |
| 41 | Cumberland County High School Burkesville · Cumberland County | High | 47.0% | +8.1pp |
| 42 | LaRue County High School Hodgenville · LaRue County | High | 47.0% | +8.1pp |
| 43 | Pike County Central High School Pikeville · Pike County | High | 47.0% | +8.1pp |
| 44 | Ballard High Louisville · Jefferson County | High | 46.0% | +7.1pp |
| 45 | Bowling Green High School Bowling Green · Bowling Green Independent | High | 46.0% | +7.1pp |
| 46 | Henderson County High School Henderson · Henderson County | High | 46.0% | +7.1pp |
| 47 | Louisville Male High Louisville · Jefferson County | High | 46.0% | +7.1pp |
| 48 | Madisonville North Hopkins High School Madisonville · Hopkins County | High | 46.0% | +7.1pp |
| 49 | Whitley County High School Williamsburg · Whitley County | High | 46.0% | +7.1pp |
| 50 | Harlan High School Harlan · Harlan Independent | High | 45.7% | +6.8pp |
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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) Social Studies 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.