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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Belfry Middle School Belfry · Pike County | Middle | 56.0% | +7.6pp |
| 52 | LaRue County Middle School Hodgenville · LaRue County | Middle | 55.7% | +7.3pp |
| 53 | Marion County Middle School Lebanon · Marion County | Middle | 55.7% | +7.3pp |
| 54 | Clay County Middle School Manchester · Clay County | Middle | 55.5% | +7.1pp |
| 55 | Calloway County Middle School Murray · Calloway County | Middle | 55.3% | +6.9pp |
| 56 | Camp Ernst Middle School Burlington · Boone County | Middle | 55.3% | +6.9pp |
| 57 | Crittenden County Middle School Marion · Crittenden County | Middle | 55.3% | +6.9pp |
| 58 | Russell County Middle School Russell Springs · Russell County | Middle | 55.0% | +6.6pp |
| 59 | West Jessamine Middle School Nicholasville · Jessamine County | Middle | 55.0% | +6.6pp |
| 60 | Beaumont Middle School Lexington · Fayette County | Middle | 54.7% | +6.3pp |
| 61 | Woodford County Middle School Versailles · Woodford County | Middle | 54.7% | +6.3pp |
| 62 | Echo Trail Middle School Louisville · Jefferson County | Middle | 54.0% | +5.6pp |
| 63 | Ohio County Middle School Hartford · Ohio County | Middle | 53.5% | +5.1pp |
| 64 | McNabb Middle School Mount Sterling · Montgomery County | Middle | 53.3% | +4.9pp |
| 65 | Southern Middle School Lexington · Fayette County | Middle | 53.0% | +4.6pp |
| 66 | Fleming Neon Middle School Neon · Letcher County | Middle | 52.7% | +4.3pp |
| 67 | Henderson County South Middle School Henderson · Henderson County | Middle | 52.7% | +4.3pp |
| 68 | Anderson County Middle School Lawrenceburg · Anderson County | Middle | 52.0% | +3.6pp |
| 69 | Crosby Middle Middletown · Jefferson County | Middle | 51.7% | +3.3pp |
| 70 | Turkey Foot Middle School Edgewood · Kenton County | Middle | 51.7% | +3.3pp |
| 71 | Raceland-Worthington Middle School Raceland · Raceland-Worthington Independent | Middle | 51.4% | +3.0pp |
| 72 | Eastside Middle School Mount Washington · Bullitt County | Middle | 51.3% | +2.9pp |
| 73 | Lebanon Middle School Lebanon · Marion County | Middle | 51.0% | +2.6pp |
| 74 | West Hardin Middle School Cecilia · Hardin County | Middle | 51.0% | +2.6pp |
| 75 | Whitesburg Middle School Whitesburg · Letcher County | Middle | 51.0% | +2.6pp |
| 76 | John W. Bate Middle School Danville · Danville Independent | Middle | 50.7% | +2.3pp |
| 77 | Reidland Middle School Paducah · McCracken County | Middle | 50.7% | +2.3pp |
| 78 | Johnson County Middle School Paintsville · Johnson County | Middle | 50.5% | +2.1pp |
| 79 | Meece Middle School Somerset · Somerset Independent | Middle | 50.5% | +2.1pp |
| 80 | Bowling Green Junior High Bowling Green · Bowling Green Independent | Middle | 50.3% | +1.9pp |
| 81 | Gallatin County Middle School Warsaw · Gallatin County | Middle | 50.3% | +1.9pp |
| 82 | Glasgow Middle School Glasgow · Glasgow Independent | Middle | 50.3% | +1.9pp |
| 83 | Leestown Middle School Lexington · Fayette County | Middle | 50.3% | +1.9pp |
| 84 | Bracken County Middle School Brooksville · Bracken County | Middle | 49.7% | +1.3pp |
| 85 | Georgetown Middle School Georgetown · Scott County | Middle | 49.7% | +1.3pp |
| 86 | Rockcastle County Middle School Mount Vernon · Rockcastle County | Middle | 49.7% | +1.3pp |
| 87 | F T Burns Middle School Owensboro · Daviess County | Middle | 49.3% | +0.9pp |
| 88 | Bath County Middle School Owingsville · Bath County | Middle | 49.0% | +0.6pp |
| 89 | Franklin-Simpson Middle School Franklin · Simpson County | Middle | 49.0% | +0.6pp |
| 90 | Henderson County North Middle School Henderson · Henderson County | Middle | 49.0% | +0.6pp |
| 91 | Western Middle School for the Arts Louisville · Jefferson County | Middle | 49.0% | +0.6pp |
| 92 | Rev. Henry E. Baker Sr. Interm. School Winchester · Clark County | Middle | 48.5% | +0.1pp |
| 93 | Wolfe County Middle School Campton · Wolfe County | Middle | 48.5% | +0.1pp |
| 94 | Talton K Stone Middle School Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown Independent | Middle | 48.3% | -0.1pp |
| 95 | Trigg County Middle School Cadiz · Trigg County | Middle | 48.3% | -0.1pp |
| 96 | Barren County Middle School Glasgow · Barren County | Middle | 48.0% | -0.4pp |
| 97 | Bernheim Middle School Shepherdsville · Bullitt County | Middle | 48.0% | -0.4pp |
| 98 | Flaherty Elementary School Ekron · Meade County | Middle | 48.0% | -0.4pp |
| 99 | Adair County Middle School Columbia · Adair County | Middle | 47.7% | -0.7pp |
| 100 | Simons Middle School Flemingsburg · Fleming County | Middle | 47.7% | -0.7pp |
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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.