Best Schools for Low-income Students in Kentucky (2026)

These are the Kentucky public schools where low-income 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 low-income 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	Gamaliel Elementary Gamaliel	87%	82%	91	B
2	Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Louisville	82%	82%	76	A+
3	Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary Sacramento	70%	90%	26	A+
4	Sublimity Elementary School London	77%	82%	94	A+
5	Tompkinsville Elem Tompkinsville	87%	72%	161	A+
6	Shopville Elementary School Somerset	67%	82%	121	B+
7	G R Hampton Elementary School Barbourville	77%	72%	127	A+
8	Carter City Elementary School Grayson	75%	75%	32	A+
9	Harlan Elementary School Harlan	82%	67%	69	A+
10	Kyrock Elementary School Sweeden	82%	62%	88	A+
11	Bush Elementary School London	72%	72%	124	A+
12	Hazel Green Elementary School East Bernstadt	67%	72%	134	A+
13	Star Elementary School Rush	70%	70%	30	A+
14	Reidland Elementary School Paducah	77%	62%	98	A+
15	Joe Harrison Carter Tompkinsville	67%	72%	67	C+
16	Keavy Elementary School Keavy	82%	57%	113	B
17	East Valley Elementary School West Liberty	85%	55%	53	A+
18	Oak Hill Elementary School Somerset	72%	67%	166	A
19	Junction City Elementary School Junction City	72%	62%	120	A+
20	Perryville Elementary School Perryville	77%	57%	72	A+
21	Glenn O Swing Elementary Covington	72%	62%	189	A
22	Hunter Hills Elementary School Corbin	67%	67%	264	B
23	Southern Elementary School Somerset	67%	67%	268	B+
24	Erpenbeck Elementary School Florence	62%	67%	83	B
25	Audubon Traditional Elementary Louisville	67%	62%	107	A

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Scapa At Bluegrass Lexington	90%	70%	24	A+
2	Valley Elementary School Pikeville	76%	73%	376	B
3	Barret Traditional Middle Louisville	77%	62%	214	A
4	W B Muncy Elementary School Wooton	77%	62%	115	A+
5	Whitley County East Elementary School Williamsburg	72%	67%	112	A+
6	Whitley Central Intermediate School Williamsburg	72%	63%	358	A
7	North Laurel Middle School London	72%	63%	667	B
8	Burning Springs Elementary Manchester	67%	67%	137	A+
9	Goose Rock Elementary Manchester	67%	67%	102	A+
10	W R Castle Memorial Elementary School Wittensville	72%	62%	133	B
11	Viper Elementary School Viper	77%	57%	120	A
12	Phelps Elementary School Freeburn	72%	62%	167	B+
13	Boston Elementary School Williamsburg	67%	67%	101	A+
14	Murray Middle School Murray	67%	62%	287	A+
15	Cawood Elementary School Cawood	72%	57%	151	A+
16	Symsonia Elementary School Symsonia	67%	62%	99	B
17	May Valley Elementary School Martin	72%	57%	106	B
18	Southern Middle School Somerset	69%	59%	790	A+
19	Henderson County South Middle School Henderson	64%	63%	464	B
20	Jefferson County Traditional Middle Louisville	70%	57%	429	C
21	Drakes Creek Middle School Bowling Green	69%	57%	318	A+
22	Lyon County Middle School Eddyville	62%	62%	127	A+
23	Austin Tracy Elementary School Lucas	62%	62%	95	B
24	Highland-Turner Elementary School Booneville	67%	57%	91	A+
25	Hacker Elementary School Manchester	67%	57%	110	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	J. Graham Brown School Louisville	82%	67%	122	A+
2	duPont Manual High Louisville	72%	77%	101	A+
3	Highlands High School Fort Thomas	70%	50%	20	A+
4	Beechwood High School Fort Mitchell	65%	55%	52	A+
5	Pikeville High School Pikeville	62%	52%	86	A+
6	Russell High School Russell	55%	55%	53	A+
7	Barbourville City School Barbourville	62%	47%	218	A+
8	Carter G. Woodson Academy Lexington	57%	47%	92	A+
9	Atherton High Louisville	62%	42%	136	A+
10	BAVEL Glasgow	70%	30%	21	A
11	Murray High School Murray	45%	55%	49	A+
12	Louisville Male High Louisville	57%	42%	199	A+
13	Ballard Memorial High School Barlow	55%	45%	43	A+
14	Burgin Independent School Burgin	52%	42%	145	A+
15	Jackson City School Jackson	57%	37%	97	A+
16	Ludlow High School Ludlow	57%	37%	129	A+
17	Boyle County High School Danville	57%	37%	97	A+
18	Phelps High School Phelps	57%	37%	126	A
19	Raceland-Worthington High School Raceland	57%	37%	110	A+
20	Robertson County School Mount Olivet	52%	42%	147	A+
21	Buckhorn School Buckhorn	47%	47%	131	A+
22	Campbell County High School Alexandria	47%	42%	136	A+
23	Hazard High School Hazard	45%	45%	51	A+
24	Hickman County High School Clinton	52%	37%	98	A+
25	Simon Kenton High School Independence	47%	42%	150	A+

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 Low-income Students in Kentucky (2026)

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