Best public high schools in Kentucky

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Oldham County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,639 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#30. Oldham County High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Boone County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,451 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#29. Conner High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Frankfort Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 311 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#28. Frankfort High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Jefferson County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 2,037 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#27. Eastern High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Jessamine County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,267 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#26. West Jessamine High School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Pikeville Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 535 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#25. Pikeville High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: McCracken County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,989 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#24. McCracken County High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Fayette County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 387 (23:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#23. Steam Academy
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Warren County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,335 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#22. Greenwood High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Elizabethtown Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 781 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#21. Elizabethtown High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Fayette County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,575 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#20. Frederick Douglass High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Warren County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,476 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#19. South Warren High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Boyle County Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 854 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#18. Boyle County High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Oldham County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,312 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#17. South Oldham High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Jefferson County Public Schools, KY•
- Enrollment: 1,464 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#16. Atherton High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Boone County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,406 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#15. Randall K. Cooper High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Bowling Green Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,230 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#14. Bowling Green High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Glasgow Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 568 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#13. Glasgow High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Jefferson County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,981 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#12. Ballard High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Jefferson County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,980 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#11. Louisville Male High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Boone County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 2,022 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#10. Larry A. Ryle High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Fort Thomas Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 995 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#9. Highlands High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Murray Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 472 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#8. Murray High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Oldham County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,039 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#7. North Oldham High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Fayette County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 2,058 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#6. Henry Clay High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Beechwood Independent Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 753 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#5. Beechwood High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Fayette County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 2,054 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#4. Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Jefferson County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 736 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#3. J. Graham Brown School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Fayette County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 2,419 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#2. Lafayette High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Jefferson County Public Schools, KY
- Enrollment: 1,910 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

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