Notable Public Schools in Kentucky

This directory-style guide highlights 50 public schools in Kentucky. Each institution is identified by its full profile name and location so similarly named organizations are easier to distinguish. “Notable” is a directory label, not an evaluation of quality or an endorsement.

Entries were selected and ordered using enrollment values available in COSMIQ profiles. Enrollment figures are intentionally omitted. The order is an estimate of institution size, not a ranking of academic quality, outcomes, or fit.

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Institutions in this guide

Lafayette High School — Lexington, Kentucky. Public school.
Marion C. Moore School — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Madison Central High School — Richmond, Kentucky. Public school.
Eastern High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Henry Clay High School — Lexington, Kentucky. Public school.
Pathfinder School of Innovation — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Ballard High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Larry A. Ryle High School — Union, Kentucky. Public school.
McCracken County High School — Paducah, Kentucky. Public school.
Louisville Male High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Henderson County High School — Henderson, Kentucky. Public school.
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School — Lexington, Kentucky. Public school.
duPont Manual High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Central Hardin High School — Cecilia, Kentucky. Public school.
Bryan Station High School — Lexington, Kentucky. Public school.
Simon Kenton High School — Independence, Kentucky. Public school.
Great Crossing High School — Georgetown, Kentucky. Public school.
Daviess County High School — Owensboro, Kentucky. Public school.
Tates Creek High School — Lexington, Kentucky. Public school.
Fern Creek High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Frederick Douglass High School — Lexington, Kentucky. Public school.
Oldham County High School — La Grange, Kentucky. Public school.
North Hardin High School — Radcliff, Kentucky. Public school.
George Rogers Clark High School — Winchester, Kentucky. Public school.
Bullitt East High School — Mount Washington, Kentucky. Public school.
Dixie Heights High School — Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Public school.
Campbell County High School — Alexandria, Kentucky. Public school.
Pleasure Ridge Park High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Meade County High School — Brandenburg, Kentucky. Public school.
South Warren High School — Bowling Green, Kentucky. Public school.
Randall K. Cooper High School — Union, Kentucky. Public school.
Atherton High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Conner High School — Hebron, Kentucky. Public school.
Apollo High School — Owensboro, Kentucky. Public school.
Summit View Academy — Independence, Kentucky. Public school.
Butler Traditional High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Barren County High School — Glasgow, Kentucky. Public school.
Southern High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
Fairdale High — Fairdale, Kentucky. Public school.
Greenwood High School — Bowling Green, Kentucky. Public school.
Bullitt Central High School — Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Public school.
Noe Middle — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
South Oldham High School — Crestwood, Kentucky. Public school.
Owensboro High School — Owensboro, Kentucky. Public school.
Seneca High — Louisville, Kentucky. Public school.
West Jessamine High School — Nicholasville, Kentucky. Public school.
North Laurel High School — London, Kentucky. Public school.
Woodford County High School — Versailles, Kentucky. Public school.
Bowling Green High School — Bowling Green, Kentucky. Public school.
Boone County High School — Florence, Kentucky. Public school.

Selection and source notes

Where enough eligible profiles were available, this guide includes the top 50, 25, or 10 by available enrollment; smaller groups include all eligible profiles. Profile source year: 2022. Check each institution directly for current information.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by COSMIQ, and it does not mean that any listed institution endorses COSMIQ.