Results of Kentucky’s new five-star accountability system for public schools were released Tuesday, with 1,272 schools ranked. For the 2018-2019 school year, 89 schools received one star, 251 two stars, 643 three stars, 233 four stars and 56 five stars, the highest performing.
The Kentucky Department of Education said indicators included in the ratings include reading and mathematics proficiency; proficiency in social studies, science and writing; students’ academic growth/progress over one academic year; transition readiness (historically known as college and career readiness); and graduation rate.
Schools receiving five-star ratings (districts in parentheses):
-Anchorage Independent Public School, elementary and middle school levels (Anchorage Independent)
-Barret Traditional Middle (Jefferson County)
-Beechwood High School (Beechwood Independent)
-Bell Central School Center (Bell County)
-Blaine Elementary School (Lawrence County)
-Boston School (Nelson County)
-Bush Elementary School (Laurel County)
-Carter City Elementary School (Carter County)
-Corbin Intermediate (Corbin Independent)
-DuPont Manual High (Jefferson County)
-Farmington Elementary School (Graves County)
-Flaherty Primary School (Meade County)
-G.R. Hampton Elementary School (Knox County)
-Gamaliel Elementary (Monroe County)
-Glenn O. Swing Elementary (Covington Independent)
-Greathouse/Shryock Traditional (Jefferson County)
-Hacker Elementary School (Clay County)
-Harlan Elementary School (Harlan Independent)
-Hazel Green Elementary School (Laurel County)
-Heath Elementary School (McCracken County)
-Hendron Lone Oak Elementary School (McCracken County)
-Heritage Elementary School (Carter County)
-Hunter Hills Elementary School (Laurel County)
-J. Graham Brown School, elementary and middle school levels (Jefferson County)
-Jackson City School (Jackson Independent)
-Junction City Elementary School (Boyle County)
-Lone Oak Elementary School (McCracken County)
-Lowe Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Lyon County Middle School (Lyon County)
-Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary (McLean County)
-McKee Elementary School (Jackson County)
-Model Laboratory High School (Madison County)
-Moyer Elementary School (Fort Thomas Independent)
-Murray High School (Murray Independent)
-Murray Middle School (Murray Independent)
-Norton Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Pikeville High School (Pikeville Independent)
-Reidland Elementary School (McCracken County)
-Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County)
-SCAPA At Bluegrass, elementary and middle school levels (Fayette County)
-Shannon Johnson Elementary School (Madison County)
-Southern Elementary School (Pulaski County)
-Sublimity Elementary School (Laurel County)
-Tompkinsville Elementary (Monroe County)
-Valley Elementary School, elementary and middle school levels (Pike County)
-Viper Elementary School, elementary and middle school levels (Perry County)
-W.B. Muncy Elementary School (Leslie County)
-W.R. Castle Memorial Elementary School (Johnson County)
-Walton-Verona High School (Walton-Verona Independent)
-Whitley County East Elementary School (Whitley County)
-Woodfill Elementary School (Fort Thomas Independent)
Schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement when the overall performance is within the bottom 5% of Kentucky public schools by level and/or when a high school’s graduation rate is below 80%:
-Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County)
-Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Byck Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Cane Run Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Conway Middle (Jefferson County)
-Cordia High School (Knott County)
-Cordia Middle School (Knott County)
-Doss High (Jefferson County)
-Duff-Allen Central Elementary (Floyd County)
-Emmalena Elementary School (Knott County)
-Engelhard Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Fairview Elementary School (Fairview Independent)
-Fairview High School (Fairview Independent)
-Frayser Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North (Jefferson County)
-Fulton County Elementary (Fulton County)
-Fulton County Middle School (Fulton County)
-Greenwood Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Holmes Middle School (Covington Independent)
-Iroquois High (Jefferson County)
-Jacob Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Kennedy Montessori Elementary (Jefferson County)
-King Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Knight Middle (Jefferson County)
-Maupin Elementary (Jefferson County)
-McFerran Preparatory Academy (Jefferson County)
-Mill Creek Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Minors Lane Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Newburg Middle (Jefferson County)
-Newport Intermediate School (Newport Independent)
-Newport Primary School (Newport Independent)
-Ninth District Elementary (Covington Independent)
-Price Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Rangeland Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Rector A. Jones Middle School (Boone County)
-Robert Frost Sixth-Grade Academy (Jefferson County)
-Roosevelt-Perry Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Shelby Traditional Academy (Jefferson County)
-Stuart Academy (Jefferson County)
-The Academy @ Shawnee (Jefferson County)
-Thomas Jefferson Middle (Jefferson County)
-Trunnell Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Watson Lane Elementary (Jefferson County)
-Wellington Elementary (Jefferson County)
-West Point Elementary School (West Point Independent)
-Western High (Jefferson County)
-Wheatley Elementary (Jefferson County)
-William Wells Brown Elementary (Fayette County)
-Young Elementary (Jefferson County)
Schools identified for additional targeted support and improvement, which means a school has one or more groups of students whose performance is at a very low level:
-Butler County High School
-Danville High School (Danville Independent)
-Bryan Station Middle School (Fayette County)
-Franklin County High School
-Hancock County High School
-Ballard High (Jefferson County)
-Seneca High (Jefferson County)
-Mary A. Goetz Elementary School (Ludlow Independent)
-Owensboro High School (Owensboro Independent)
-Union County High School
-West Point Elementary School (West Point Independent)
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