Best Schools for Black Students in Kentucky (2026)

These are the Kentucky public schools where black students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested black students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Louisville	85%	75%	51	A+
2	Vine Grove Elementary School Vine Grove	55%	65%	34	B+
3	Norton Elementary Louisville	55%	65%	32	A+
4	Jesse Stuart Elementary School Madisonville	70%	50%	29	B
5	West Broadway Elementary School Madisonville	70%	50%	20	B
6	Heartland Elementary School Elizabethtown	70%	50%	30	B
7	Wellington Elementary Lexington	70%	50%	23	A+
8	Glenn O Swing Elementary Covington	57%	57%	63	A
9	Meadowthorpe Elementary School Lexington	55%	55%	55	A+
10	Sandersville Elementary Lexington	62%	47%	73	A
11	Pride Elementary School Madisonville	55%	55%	39	A+
12	Audubon Traditional Elementary Louisville	57%	52%	88	A
13	Veterans Park Elementary School Lexington	55%	55%	34	A+
14	Wheeler Elementary Louisville	57%	47%	75	C+
15	Schaffner Traditional Elementary Louisville	52%	52%	125	C+
16	Campbellsville Elementary School Campbellsville	50%	50%	24	C
17	Stonewall Elementary School Lexington	45%	55%	31	A
18	Athens-Chilesburg Elementary Lexington	55%	45%	40	B+
19	Liberty Elementary Lexington	52%	47%	88	A
20	Tully Elementary Louisville	55%	45%	39	A
21	Bowen Elementary Louisville	45%	55%	37	B+
22	Wilt Elementary Louisville	55%	45%	58	C+
23	Laukhuf Elementary Louisville	55%	45%	51	C+
24	Lowe Elementary Louisville	50%	50%	24	B+
25	Brandeis Elementary Louisville	52%	42%	119	C+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Scapa At Bluegrass Lexington	90%	70%	20	A+
2	Drakes Creek Middle School Bowling Green	70%	70%	27	A+
3	Jefferson County Traditional Middle Louisville	71%	55%	332	C
4	Barret Traditional Middle Louisville	67%	57%	141	A
5	Ballyshannon Middle School Union	70%	50%	22	B
6	South Warren Middle School Bowling Green	70%	50%	30	A+
7	Jody Richards Elementary Bowling Green	70%	50%	20	C+
8	Woodford County Middle School Versailles	70%	50%	27	B
9	Franklin-Simpson Middle School Franklin	52%	52%	68	C
10	Kenneth D. King Middle School Harrodsburg	70%	30%	23	C+
11	Ockerman Middle School Florence	70%	30%	20	C
12	Caldwell County Middle School Princeton	50%	50%	26	B
13	Henderson County North Middle School Henderson	55%	45%	53	C
14	South Hopkins Middle School Nortonville	50%	50%	22	C
15	Murray Middle School Murray	55%	45%	41	A+
16	Union County Middle School Morganfield	50%	50%	20	D
17	James Madison Middle School Madisonville	55%	45%	52	C+
18	Henderson County South Middle School Henderson	47%	47%	81	B
19	Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School Lexington	57%	37%	195	A+
20	Indian Hills Elementary School Hopkinsville	42%	47%	103	B+
21	Leestown Middle School Lexington	52%	37%	203	B
22	Bondurant Middle School Frankfort	55%	35%	37	D
23	Turkey Foot Middle School Edgewood	55%	35%	41	B
24	Jessie M Clark Middle School Lexington	47%	37%	86	A+
25	Beaumont Middle School Lexington	52%	32%	64	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	J. Graham Brown School Louisville	67%	62%	88	A+
2	duPont Manual High Louisville	67%	55%	62	A+
3	Carter G. Woodson Academy Lexington	57%	42%	121	A+
4	Louisville Male High Louisville	52%	42%	174	A+
5	Atherton High Louisville	45%	35%	59	A+
6	Lafayette High School Lexington	35%	35%	56	A+
7	Randall K. Cooper High School Union	30%	30%	20	A+
8	George Rogers Clark High School Winchester	30%	—	20	A
9	Danville High School Danville	30%	30%	22	C+
10	Glasgow High School Glasgow	30%	30%	22	A+
11	Ballard High Louisville	32%	22%	132	A
12	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington	35%	15%	54	A+
13	Russellville High School Russellville	25%	25%	58	A
14	John Hardin High School Elizabethtown	25%	25%	46	B+
15	North Hardin High School Radcliff	32%	17%	92	B
16	Henry Clay High School Lexington	27%	17%	99	A+
17	Eastern High Middletown	27%	17%	101	A+
18	The Academy @ Shawnee Louisville	32%	12%	113	C+
19	Mayfield High School Mayfield	30%	10%	20	B
20	Opportunity Middle College Lexington	30%	10%	23	C
21	Boone County High School Florence	30%	10%	25	A+
22	Henderson County High School Henderson	25%	15%	43	A
23	Bowling Green High School Bowling Green	25%	15%	45	A+
24	Madison Central High School Richmond	25%	15%	38	B+
25	Owensboro High School Owensboro	25%	15%	40	B+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for Black Students in Kentucky (2026)

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