Best Schools for White Students in Kentucky (2026)

These are the Kentucky public schools where white 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 white 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	98%	92%	172	A+
2	Brandeis Elementary Louisville	87%	82%	77	C+
3	W R McNeill Elementary School Bowling Green	87%	77%	127	A
4	Murray Elementary School Murray	82%	82%	109	A+
5	Cassidy Elementary School Lexington	82%	82%	267	A
6	Clays Mill Elementary School Lexington	87%	77%	237	A+
7	Glendover Elementary School Lexington	82%	82%	141	A+
8	Athens-Chilesburg Elementary Lexington	82%	82%	260	B+
9	Gamaliel Elementary Gamaliel	82%	82%	101	B
10	Norton Elementary Louisville	82%	82%	243	A+
11	Sublimity Elementary School London	82%	82%	143	A+
12	Carter City Elementary School Grayson	75%	85%	51	A+
13	Audubon Traditional Elementary Louisville	82%	77%	206	A
14	Lowe Elementary Louisville	82%	77%	135	B+
15	Bush Elementary School London	82%	77%	237	A+
16	Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary Sacramento	75%	85%	48	A+
17	Tompkinsville Elem Tompkinsville	87%	72%	175	A+
18	Shopville Elementary School Somerset	72%	87%	153	B+
19	Perryville Elementary School Perryville	82%	72%	114	A+
20	Glenn O Swing Elementary Covington	77%	77%	89	A
21	Rosa Parks Elementary School Lexington	82%	72%	220	B
22	Moyer Elementary School Fort Thomas	77%	77%	251	A+
23	Tully Elementary Louisville	77%	77%	218	A
24	Bowen Elementary Louisville	77%	77%	194	B+
25	Woodfill Elementary School Fort Thomas	77%	77%	189	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Scapa At Bluegrass Lexington	98%	92%	192	A+
2	Anchorage Independent Public School Anchorage	87%	87%	226	A+
3	Noe Middle Louisville	88%	83%	658	A+
4	Drakes Creek Middle School Bowling Green	89%	77%	442	A+
5	Barret Traditional Middle Louisville	88%	77%	403	A
6	Morton Middle School Lexington	83%	77%	487	A
7	Beaumont Middle School Lexington	83%	77%	578	A+
8	Murray Middle School Murray	82%	76%	490	A+
9	Valley Elementary School Pikeville	79%	78%	556	B
10	South Warren Middle School Bowling Green	83%	74%	593	A+
11	Meyzeek Middle Louisville	81%	76%	433	A
12	Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School Lexington	82%	75%	677	A+
13	North Oldham Middle School Goshen	80%	75%	671	A
14	Jefferson County Traditional Middle Louisville	81%	74%	461	C
15	Alvaton Elementary Alvaton	82%	72%	278	A+
16	Henderson County South Middle School Henderson	75%	78%	581	B
17	Leestown Middle School Lexington	82%	71%	313	B
18	Woodford County Middle School Versailles	78%	73%	716	B
19	Cumberland Trace Elementary Bowling Green	82%	67%	232	A
20	North Laurel Middle School London	78%	71%	942	B
21	Graves County Central Elementary Mayfield	72%	77%	219	A+
22	Beechwood Elementary School Fort Mitchell	76%	73%	372	A+
23	Highlands Middle School Fort Thomas	78%	69%	660	B
24	East Oldham Middle School Crestwood	75%	72%	602	A
25	Boyle County Middle School Danville	75%	72%	572	C

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	J. Graham Brown School Louisville	98%	87%	252	A+
2	duPont Manual High Louisville	92%	87%	283	A+
3	Murray High School Murray	77%	82%	87	A+
4	Beechwood High School Fort Mitchell	82%	77%	285	A+
5	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington	82%	72%	229	A+
6	Highlands High School Fort Thomas	77%	72%	228	A+
7	North Oldham High School Goshen	77%	72%	217	A+
8	Pikeville High School Pikeville	77%	67%	231	A+
9	Henry Clay High School Lexington	77%	67%	286	A+
10	South Oldham High School Crestwood	72%	67%	280	A+
11	Louisville Male High Louisville	72%	67%	274	A+
12	Atherton High Louisville	77%	62%	231	A+
13	Eastern High Middletown	72%	62%	291	A+
14	Ballard High Louisville	67%	67%	258	A
15	Lafayette High School Lexington	73%	61%	378	A+
16	Larry A. Ryle High School Union	67%	63%	403	A+
17	Russell High School Russell	62%	67%	123	A+
18	Glasgow High School Glasgow	67%	62%	82	A+
19	BAVEL Glasgow	77%	47%	94	A
20	Bowling Green High School Bowling Green	67%	57%	169	A+
21	Burgin Independent School Burgin	67%	57%	251	A+
22	Elizabethtown High School Elizabethtown	67%	57%	112	A+
23	Oldham County High School La Grange	64%	60%	339	A+
24	Woodford County High School Versailles	62%	62%	227	A+
25	STEAM Academy Lexington	65%	55%	50	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 White Students in Kentucky (2026)

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