To help determine how many stars a Kentucky school received in the state’s new assessment system, each Kentucky school earned a final score based on students’ test results in reading and math and several other indicators.
The maximum overall score for elementary and middle schools is 188.8 and the maximum overall score for high schools is 123.5. No schools achieved those scores, but many did well and they are listed in order below.
Top elementary schools by overall score
District
School
Stars
Score
Murray Ind.
Murray Elem
4
95.8
McCracken
Reidland Elem
5
90.7
McCracken
Lone Oak Elem
5
90.2
Meade
Flaherty Primary School
5
90.1
McCracken
Hendron Lone Oak Elem
5
89.1
Knox
G R Hampton Elem
5
88.5
Jefferson
Greathouse/Shryock
5
88.1
Meade
Brandenburg Primary
4
87.4
Corbin Ind.
Corbin Intermediate
5
86.1
Anchorage Ind.
Anchorage Public Sch.
5
85.6
Fayette
SCAPA At Bluegrass
5
84.6
Laurel
Sublimity Elem
5
84.6
Laurel
Hunter Hills Elem
5
84.3
Pike
Valley Elem
5
83.5
Jefferson
Norton Elem
5
83.2
McLean
Marie Gatton Phillips Elem
5
83.2
Bottom elementary schools
District
School
Stars
Score
Jefferson
Gilmore Lane Elem
1
39.5
Jefferson
Wellington Elem
1
39.5
Jefferson
Greenwood Elem
1
39
Jefferson
Watson Lane Elem
1
39
Jefferson
Engelhard Elem
1
38.9
Jefferson
Mill Creek Elem
1
37.6
Jefferson
Kennedy Mont. Elem
1
36.4
Jefferson
Frayser Elem
1
35.8
Jefferson
Cane Run Elem
1
34.8
Jefferson
Coleridge-Taylor Mont.
1
34.1
Jefferson
Byck Elem
1
33.1
Jefferson
Wheatley Elem
1
31.3
Jefferson
King Elem
1
30.7
Jefferson
Roosevelt-Perry Elem
1
23.1
Jefferson
Maupin Elem
1
22.5
Top middle schools
District
School
Stars
Score
Fayette
SCAPA At Bluegrass
5
85
Bell
Bell Central Center
5
80.1
Jefferson
J. Graham Brown
5
79.2
Anchorage Ind.
Anchorage Ind. Public
5
78.9
Murray Ind.
Murray
5
78.7
Warren
Drakes Creek
4
77.4
Lawrence
Blaine Elem
5
77.3
Warren
South Warren
4
77.3
Lyon
Lyon County
5
76.7
Nelson
Boston
5
76.1
Oldham
North Oldham
4
75.5
Jefferson
Barret Traditional
5
75.1
Pike
Valley Elem
5
74.9
Corbin Ind.
Corbin
4
74.6
Fayette
Edythe Jones Hayes
4
74.6
Leslie
W B Muncy Elem
5
74.6
Woodford
Woodford County
4
74.6
Perry
Viper Elem
5
74.1
Bottom middle schools
District
School
Stars
Score
Jefferson
Marion C. Moore
1
50.1
West Point Ind.
West Point Elem
1
50.1
Fairview Ind.
Fairview High
1
49.6
Jefferson
Knight
1
47.9
Jefferson
Newburg
1
47.8
Jefferson
Robert Frost 6th Acad.
1
47.6
Boone
Rector A. Jones
1
44.5
Covington Ind.
Holmes
1
44.5
Knott
Cordia
1
44.1
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
1
40.5
Jefferson
Conway
1
39.5
Fulton
Fulton County
1
39.1
Silver Grove Ind.
Silver Grove
1
36.9
Jefferson
Stuart Academy
1
35.6
Jefferson
Frederick Olmsted North
1
34.9
Top high schools
District
School
Stars
Score
Jefferson
duPont Manual
5
97.4
Beechwood Ind
Beechwood
5
93.3
Jackson Ind
Jackson City Sch.
5
88.8
Jefferson
J. Graham Brown
4
88.2
Fort Thomas Ind
Highlands
4
88.1
Oldham
North Oldham
4
87.7
Murray Ind
Murray
5
84.7
Oldham
South Oldham
4
83.2
Pikeville Ind
Pikeville
5
81.9
Madison
Model Laboratory
5
81.6
Warren
South Warren
4
81.5
Walton-Verona Ind
Walton-Verona
5
80.6
Boone
Larry A. Ryle
4
79.2
Russell Ind
Russell
4
78.8
Campbell
Campbell Co.
3
78.4
Bottom high schools
District
School
Stars
Score
Fayette
Bryan Station
1
45.6
Jefferson
Fern Creek
1
45.5
Jefferson
Central High Acad.
1
44.5
Caverna Ind
Caverna
1
42.7
Jefferson
Valley
1
41.7
Jefferson
Southern
1
40.6
Jefferson
Marion C. Moore
1
39.8
Jefferson
Waggener
1
39.6
Jefferson
Seneca
1
38.6
Jefferson
Academy @ Shawnee
1
37.3
Knott
Cordia
1
35.7
Jefferson
Doss
1
32.6
Jefferson
Western
1
28.2
Jefferson
Iroquois
1
19.6
Teacher Taylor Knoblett works with students in her third grade class at Garth Elementary School in Scott County on Monday. Garth was one of 20 schools to have at least a 10-point gain in proficiency from 2017-18 to 2018-19. Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com
This story was originally published September 30, 2019 at 11:57 PM.
