Kentucky schools ranked by test score
Latest KSA (K-PREP) year (2024-25). 217 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 48.4%.
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scapa At Bluegrass Lexington · Fayette County | Middle | 86.0% | +37.6pp |
| 2 | Corbin Middle School Corbin · Corbin Independent | Middle | 71.7% | +23.3pp |
| 3 | Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School Lexington · Fayette County | Middle | 71.3% | +22.9pp |
| 4 | Lyon County Middle School Eddyville · Lyon County | Middle | 71.0% | +22.6pp |
| 5 | North Oldham Middle School Goshen · Oldham County | Middle | 69.7% | +21.3pp |
| 6 | Scott County Middle School Georgetown · Scott County | Middle | 69.7% | +21.3pp |
| 7 | Farristown Middle School Berea · Madison County | Middle | 68.3% | +19.9pp |
| 8 | Walton-Verona Middle School Walton · Walton-Verona Independent | Middle | 68.3% | +19.9pp |
| 9 | Noe Middle Louisville · Jefferson County | Middle | 67.7% | +19.3pp |
| 10 | Lone Oak Middle School Paducah · McCracken County | Middle | 67.3% | +18.9pp |
| 11 | Gray Middle School Union · Boone County | Middle | 67.0% | +18.6pp |
| 12 | Conner Middle School Hebron · Boone County | Middle | 66.7% | +18.3pp |
| 13 | East Oldham Middle School Crestwood · Oldham County | Middle | 66.7% | +18.3pp |
| 14 | Murray Middle School Murray · Murray Independent | Middle | 65.8% | +17.4pp |
| 15 | Drakes Creek Middle School Bowling Green · Warren County | Middle | 65.5% | +17.1pp |
| 16 | Jessie M Clark Middle School Lexington · Fayette County | Middle | 65.0% | +16.6pp |
| 17 | Ballard County Middle School Barlow · Ballard County | Middle | 64.3% | +15.9pp |
| 18 | Highlands Middle School Fort Thomas · Fort Thomas Independent | Middle | 64.3% | +15.9pp |
| 19 | Clark Moores Middle School Richmond · Madison County | Middle | 64.0% | +15.6pp |
| 20 | Barret Traditional Middle Louisville · Jefferson County | Middle | 63.7% | +15.3pp |
| 21 | David T. Wilson Elementary Brandenburg · Meade County | Middle | 63.7% | +15.3pp |
| 22 | Oldham County Middle School Buckner · Oldham County | Middle | 63.7% | +15.3pp |
| 23 | North Marshall Middle School Calvert City · Marshall County | Middle | 63.3% | +14.9pp |
| 24 | Southern Middle School Somerset · Pulaski County | Middle | 63.3% | +14.9pp |
| 25 | South Oldham Middle School Crestwood · Oldham County | Middle | 63.0% | +14.6pp |
| 26 | Boyle County Middle School Danville · Boyle County | Middle | 62.3% | +13.9pp |
| 27 | Heath Middle School West Paducah · McCracken County | Middle | 62.0% | +13.6pp |
| 28 | James Madison Middle School Madisonville · Hopkins County | Middle | 62.0% | +13.6pp |
| 29 | North Laurel Middle School London · Laurel County | Middle | 62.0% | +13.6pp |
| 30 | South Laurel Middle School London · Laurel County | Middle | 62.0% | +13.6pp |
| 31 | B. Michael Caudill Middle School Richmond · Madison County | Middle | 61.3% | +12.9pp |
| 32 | Daviess County Middle School Owensboro · Daviess County | Middle | 61.3% | +12.9pp |
| 33 | Grayson County Middle School Leitchfield · Grayson County | Middle | 61.3% | +12.9pp |
| 34 | Knox County Middle School Barbourville · Knox County | Middle | 61.3% | +12.9pp |
| 35 | Morton Middle School Lexington · Fayette County | Middle | 61.3% | +12.9pp |
| 36 | South Warren Middle School Bowling Green · Warren County | Middle | 61.0% | +12.6pp |
| 37 | Northern Middle School Somerset · Pulaski County | Middle | 60.3% | +11.9pp |
| 38 | Woodland Middle School Taylor Mill · Kenton County | Middle | 60.3% | +11.9pp |
| 39 | Whitley County Middle School Williamsburg · Whitley County | Middle | 59.5% | +11.1pp |
| 40 | East Hardin Middle School Elizabethtown · Hardin County | Middle | 59.3% | +10.9pp |
| 41 | Henry County Middle School New Castle · Henry County | Middle | 59.3% | +10.9pp |
| 42 | Carlisle County Middle School Bardwell · Carlisle County | Middle | 59.0% | +10.6pp |
| 43 | Graves County Middle School Mayfield · Graves County | Middle | 58.0% | +9.6pp |
| 44 | Twenhofel Middle School Independence · Kenton County | Middle | 58.0% | +9.6pp |
| 45 | Foley Middle School Berea · Madison County | Middle | 57.7% | +9.3pp |
| 46 | Ballyshannon Middle School Union · Boone County | Middle | 57.3% | +8.9pp |
| 47 | Madison Middle School Richmond · Madison County | Middle | 56.7% | +8.3pp |
| 48 | Owensboro Innovation Middle School Owensboro · Owensboro Independent | Middle | 56.7% | +8.3pp |
| 49 | Royal Spring Middle School Georgetown · Scott County | Middle | 56.7% | +8.3pp |
| 50 | McLean County Middle School Calhoun · McLean County | Middle | 56.3% | +7.9pp |
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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) 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.