Top 50 high schools in Kentucky, 2026-27
228 Kentucky high schools are ranked in this edition, ordered here by state rank.
- Dupont Manual High School — Louisville · #1 in KY · #65 nationally
- J. Graham Brown School — Louisville · #2 in KY · #176 nationally
- Beechwood High School — Fort Mitchell · #3 in KY · #186 nationally
- Highlands High School — Fort Thomas · #4 in KY · #408 nationally
- Atherton High School — Louisville · #5 in KY · #519 nationally
- North Oldham High School — Goshen · #6 in KY · #528 nationally
- Murray High School — Murray · #7 in KY · #984 nationally
- Pikeville High School — Pikeville · #8 in KY · #1,090 nationally
- Lafayette High School — Lexington · #9 in KY · #1,105 nationally
- Oldham County High School — La Grange · #10 in KY · #1,138 nationally
- South Oldham High School — Crestwood · #11 in KY · #1,149 nationally
- Ballard High School — Louisville · #12 in KY · #1,476 nationally
- Henry Clay High School — Lexington · #13 in KY · #1,553 nationally
- Harlan High School — Harlan · #14 in KY · #1,657 nationally
- Woodford County High School — Versailles · #15 in KY · #1,786 nationally
- Madison Southern High School — Berea · #16 in KY · #1,828 nationally
- Russell High School — Russell · #17 in KY · #1,974 nationally
- Louisville Male High School — Louisville · #18 in KY · #1,977 nationally
- Henderson County High School — Henderson · #19 in KY · #1,979 nationally
- Johnson Central High School — Paintsville · #20 in KY · #2,020 nationally
- Boyle County High School — Danville · #21 in KY · #2,048 nationally
- Southwestern High School — Somerset · #22 in KY · #2,104 nationally
- Glasgow High School — Glasgow · #23 in KY · #2,299 nationally
- Madison Central High School — Richmond · #24 in KY · #2,328 nationally
- Bowling Green High School — Bowling Green · #25 in KY · #2,397 nationally
- Greenwood High School — Bowling Green · #26 in KY · #2,418 nationally
- Larry A. Ryle High School — Union · #27 in KY · #2,427 nationally
- Frederick Douglass High School — Lexington · #28 in KY · #2,440 nationally
- Barbourville City School — Barbourville · #29 in KY · #2,441 nationally
- McCracken County High School — Paducah · #30 in KY · #2,448 nationally
- Pulaski County High School — Somerset · #31 in KY · #2,450 nationally
- South Laurel High School — London · #32 in KY · #2,735 nationally
- Burgin Independent School — Burgin · #33 in KY · #2,765 nationally
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High School — Lexington · #34 in KY · #2,904 nationally
- South Warren High School — Bowling Green · #35 in KY · #2,932 nationally
- Dixie Heights High School — Fort Mitchell · #36 in KY · #3,002 nationally
- John Hardin High School — Elizabethtown · #37 in KY · #3,141 nationally
- Elizabethtown High School — Elizabethtown · #38 in KY · #3,169 nationally
- North Laurel High School — London · #39 in KY · #3,268 nationally
- Boone County High School — Florence · #40 in KY · #3,320 nationally
- Apollo High School — Owensboro · #41 in KY · #3,322 nationally
- Ballard Memorial High School — Barlow · #42 in KY · #3,431 nationally
- Eastern High School — Middletown · #43 in KY · #3,464 nationally
- Daviess County High School — Owensboro · #44 in KY · #3,468 nationally
- Rockcastle County High School — Mount Vernon · #45 in KY · #3,568 nationally
- Montgomery County High School — Mount Sterling · #46 in KY · #3,570 nationally
- Clay County High School — Manchester · #47 in KY · #3,603 nationally
- Graves County High School — Mayfield · #48 in KY · #3,636 nationally
- Elliott County High School — Sandy Hook · #49 in KY · #3,665 nationally
- Anderson County High School — Lawrenceburg · #50 in KY · #3,712 nationally
High schools by city in Kentucky
- Louisville (17)
- Lexington (6)
- Bowling Green (5)
- Pikeville (3)
- Somerset (3)
- Glasgow (3)
- Owensboro (3)
- Hopkinsville (3)
- Ashland (3)
- Frankfort (3)
- Bardstown (3)
- Hazard (3)
Ranks are from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. How HighSchoolTrends uses this data.