Kentucky Public Schools

Kentucky is the #24 largest school system in the United States, serving 673,128 students across 1,573 public schools. There are 35 Blue Ribbon Schools, 41 magnet schools, and 10 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(KY) School Average
% American Indian		 n/a
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 4%
% Black		 11%
% White		 82%
Unknown		 2%

Kentucky Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Adair County 2 2 4
2. Allen County 2 2 1
3. Anderson County 2 1 4
4. Ballard County 1 1 2
5. Barren County 8 3 11
6. Bath County 2 2 3
7. Bell County 11 3 9
8. Boone County 7 7 15
9. Bourbon County 2 2 6
10. Boyd County 10 5 17
11. Boyle County 5 4 9
12. Bracken County 2 2 2
13. Breathitt County 7 3 6
14. Breckinridge County 3 2 5
15. Bullitt County 7 8 12
16. Butler County 3 2 3
17. Caldwell County 2 1 2
18. Calloway County 3 2 6
19. Campbell County 12 8 16
20. Carlisle County 1 1 1
21. Carroll County 3 2 4
22. Carter County 4 2 5
23. Casey County 2 1 4
24. Christian County 9 7 17
25. Clark County 3 3 10
26. Clay County 3 2 9
27. Clinton County 3 2 3
28. Crittenden County 2 1 1
29. Cumberland County 1 1 1
30. Daviess County 10 5 20
31. Edmonson County 2 2 1
32. Elliott County 1 - 3
33. Estill County 1 1 3
34. Fayette County 21 21 47
35. Fleming County 1 1 4
36. Floyd County 8 3 9
37. Franklin County 7 4 10
38. Fulton County 3 1 2
39. Gallatin County 2 2 3
40. Garrard County 2 1 3
41. Grant County 4 3 8
42. Graves County 7 3 10
43. Grayson County 2 2 5
44. Green County 2 1 2
45. Greenup County 5 5 6
46. Hancock County 1 1 2
47. Hardin County 16 16 28
48. Harlan County 4 1 11
49. Harrison County 3 1 4
50. Hart County 2 1 5
51. Henderson County 3 3 9
52. Henry County 4 3 6
53. Hickman County 1 - 1
54. Hopkins County 8 4 10
55. Jackson County 2 1 3
56. Jefferson County 50 45 126
57. Jessamine County 4 3 7
58. Johnson County 6 1 8
59. Kenton County 15 7 24
60. Knott County 2 - 5
61. Knox County 4 3 8
62. Larue County 1 1 2
63. Laurel County 7 3 13
64. Lawrence County 1 1 5
65. Lee County 3 2 3
66. Leslie County 2 1 4
67. Letcher County 3 2 8
68. Lewis County 1 1 4
69. Lincoln County 3 2 6
70. Livingston County 1 1 2
71. Logan County 4 1 7
72. Lyon County 3 1 1
73. Madison County 6 7 13
74. Magoffin County 1 1 3
75. Marion County 2 2 4
76. Marshall County 3 3 6
77. Martin County 2 2 4
78. Mason County 2 1 2
79. Mccracken County 8 6 12
80. Mccreary County 3 3 4
81. Mclean County 1 1 3
82. Meade County 4 4 8
83. Menifee County 3 - 2
84. Mercer County 7 5 6
85. Metcalfe County 2 2 3
86. Monroe County 2 1 3
87. Montgomery County 4 2 5
88. Morgan County 4 2 5
89. Muhlenberg County 5 3 6
90. Nelson County 4 3 9
91. Nicholas County 1 - 1
92. Ohio County 3 1 6
93. Oldham County 10 4 11
94. Owen County 1 1 2
95. Owsley County 1 - 2
96. Pendleton County 1 1 2
97. Perry County 6 3 12
98. Pike County 12 3 17
99. Powell County 1 1 3
100. Pulaski County 8 5 13
101. Robertson County 1 1 1
102. Rockcastle County 3 2 4
103. Rowan County 6 2 6
104. Russell County 2 1 4
105. Scott County 3 4 9
106. Shelby County 4 3 9
107. Simpson County 2 2 2
108. Taylor County 4 3 3
109. Todd County 2 1 2
110. Trigg County 1 1 2
111. Trimble County 1 1 2
112. Union County 5 2 4
113. Warren County 19 10 24
114. Washington County 1 1 2
115. Wayne County 5 4 5
116. Webster County 2 - 5
117. Whitley County 9 6 14
118. Wolfe County 1 1 3
119. Woodford County 2 2 6

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