Public schools and districts in Kentucky

A source-first directory of every currently open local education agency and school in the federal NCES file. The directory includes regular districts, charter agencies, service agencies, and other official agency types; rankings compare regular districts separately.

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Education agencies: 177
Regular districts: 171
Schools: 1,542
Students in regular districts: 656,111

Agency and school directory: preliminary NCES CCD 2025–26. Enrollment and teacher counts: NCES CCD 2024–25 where reported.

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177 entries

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First 25

Agency	Location	Schools	Students	Ratio
Jefferson County NCES 2102990 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Louisville	171	95,180	15.2:1
Fayette County NCES 2101860 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Lexington	79	42,138	13.8:1
Boone County NCES 2100510 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Florence	28	20,514	15.6:1
Warren County NCES 2105730 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Bowling Green	34	18,559	16.4:1
Hardin County NCES 2102490 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Elizabethtown	27	14,583	15.3:1
Kenton County NCES 2103090 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Fort Wright	22	13,834	17.7:1
Bullitt County NCES 2100750 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Shepherdsville	25	13,007	17.1:1
Oldham County NCES 2104530 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Buckner	23	12,038	16.8:1
Madison County NCES 2103720 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Richmond	23	11,132	15.8:1
Daviess County NCES 2101470 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Owensboro	24	10,948	16.4:1
Scott County NCES 2105260 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Georgetown	17	9,830	15.3:1
Laurel County NCES 2103210 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	London	19	8,676	16.1:1
Jessamine County NCES 2103030 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Nicholasville	14	8,331	14.3:1
Christian County NCES 2101150 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Hopkinsville	19	8,092	15.8:1
Pulaski County NCES 2104950 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Somerset	14	7,729	16:1
Pike County NCES 2104800 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Pikeville	20	7,515	15:1
Shelby County NCES 2105320 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Shelbyville	15	6,985	16.9:1
McCracken County NCES 2103960 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Paducah	14	6,782	16.2:1
Henderson County NCES 2102710 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Henderson	14	6,707	16:1
Hopkins County NCES 2102860 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Madisonville	18	6,265	14.7:1
Franklin County NCES 2102010 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Frankfort	16	6,199	14.6:1
Clark County NCES 2101200 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Winchester	9	5,552	15.3:1
Floyd County NCES 2101950 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Eastern	14	5,347	15.3:1
Campbell County NCES 2100900 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Alexandria	10	5,166	16.1:1
Owensboro Independent NCES 2104590 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Owensboro	13	5,049	13.8:1