LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Test scores allow the Kentucky Department of Education to compare students across the state. WDRB has been analyzing these numbers for the past few days, so we can make the information useful to you.
JCPS had schools in both the very top and very bottom percentiles in the state.
In high school, DuPont Manual is tops, the Brown School had the top-scoring middle school in the county, and Greathouse Shryock had the county's highest-scoring elementary school. All three scored as well as or better than 99 percent of the state's schools.
Here are the lowest-ranked schools in JCPS:
The Academy at Shawnee is the lowest-ranked high school, Frost is the lowest-ranked middle school, and Jacob is lowest on the elementary level. All three schools were in the bottom one percent in the state.
You can see the top five in each category below:
KY Rank Overall Score Top Performing Schools--Jefferson County
High Schools
99 87.3 DuPont Manual
98 77 Louisville Male
97 75.7 Brown School
86 63 Butler
83 61.8 Ballard
Middle Schools
99 75.9 Brown School
96 69.5 Barret TMS
91 66.1 Jefferson County TMS
82 62 Crosby
77 60.3 Meyzeek
Elementary Schools
99 82.5 Greathouse Shryock Traditional
99 79.8 Brandeis
99 77.1 Lowe
97 74.5 Stopher
96 73.5 Carter
96 73.4 Norton
JCPS Lowest-Performing Schools
Rank/Overall/Score School
High schools
1/27.9/Academy at Shawnee
1/31/Valley High School
1/34.4/Iroquois
2/35.8/Doss
3/40.3/Western
Middle schools
1/29.3/Frost
1/31.8/Stuart
1/33.4/Lassiter
2/33.8/Olmsted Academy North
3/35.5/Myers
Elementary
1/32.9/Jacob
1/36.6/Semple
2/38.1/King
3/39.1/Roosevelt Perry
3/39.3/Wheatley
Here's how our area counties fared:
Oldham County's state rank was 96 on a scale of 1 to 99; that means Oldham schools scored better than 96 percent of the schools in Kentucky. Meade County ranked 91st.
On the lower end for our area, JCPS ranked 23rd, and Trimble County was 19th.
To see how other counties in our area ranked, including Bullitt, Shelby, and Hardin, see below.
School District State Rank Designation
Breckinridge 80 Proficient
Bullitt 51 Needs Improvement
Hardin 66 Needs Improvement
Jefferson 23 Needs Improvement
Meade 91 Distinguished
Nelson 45 Needs Improvement
Oldham 96 Distinguished
Shelby 56 Needs Improvement
Spencer 75 Proficient
Taylor 71 Proficient
Trimble 19 Needs Improvement
Statewide Graduation Rate: 77.8%
Statewide: Needs Improvement
Elementary 507
Middle 232
High 160
Statewide: Proficient
Elementary: 149
Middle: 65
High: 46
Statewide: Distinguished
Elementary: 77
Middle: 36
High: 24
For a comprehensive breakdown of the report, click here.
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