Kentucky · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Kentucky

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Kentucky, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Reviewed by PlainSchools Editorial, K12 Schools Editorial Team · June 10, 2026

100.0%
Highest rate: 97
Schools above 50%: 100
Schools ranked

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The 100 Kentucky schools listed here average 66.0% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 30.9%, and 97 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

66.0%
average across these 100 schools: 30.9%
national school average: 100.0%
highest rate (Western High): 97
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Western High Louisville	409	Critical	100.0%
2	College View Campus Elizabethtown	210	Critical	100.0%
3	Minor Daniels Academy Louisville	184	Critical	100.0%
4	Heritage Park High School Owensboro	140	Critical	100.0%
5	Breckinridge Metropolitan High Louisville	84	Critical	100.0%
6	Rise Academy Florence	70	Critical	100.0%
7	Franklin-Simpson High School West Campus Franklin	70	Critical	100.0%
8	Waller-Williams Environmental Louisville	64	Critical	100.0%
9	Laurel County Day Treatment London	63	Critical	100.0%
10	Hillview Academy Taylorsville	53	Critical	100.0%
11	Whitley County Alternative School Williamsburg	52	Critical	100.0%
12	Phoenix Horizon Community Georgetown	83	Critical	97.6%
13	The Providence School Wilmore	130	Critical	96.9%
14	Knox County Learning Academy Barbourville	52	Critical	96.2%
15	Buckner Alternative High School Buckner	50	Critical	96.0%
16	Northpoint Academy Pikeville	50	Critical	92.0%
17	Liberty High Louisville	100	Critical	91.0%
18	Bartlett Educational Center Erlanger	58	Critical	87.9%
19	Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt Lexington	164	Critical	84.1%
20	Newcomer Academy Louisville	578	Critical	82.4%
21	Letcher Elementary & Middle School Blackey	322	Critical	81.7%
22	Churchill Park School Louisville	74	Critical	81.1%
23	Fleming Neon Middle School Neon	131	Critical	80.9%
24	Bluegrass Learning Academy Hopkinsville	130	Critical	76.9%
25	Letcher County Central High School Whitesburg	692	Critical	74.3%
26	Buckhorn School Buckhorn	320	Critical	70.3%
27	Duff-Allen Central Elementary Eastern	376	Critical	70.2%
28	Beaver Creek Elementary School Topmost	183	Critical	69.9%
29	Martin County Middle School Warfield	262	Critical	69.5%
30	Valley High Louisville	850	Critical	68.5%
31	Foster Traditional Academy Louisville	317	Critical	68.1%
32	Young Elementary Louisville	100	Critical	67.0%
33	Pineville Independent School Pineville	531	Critical	65.5%
34	Emerson Academy Owensboro	104	Critical	65.4%
35	Middlesboro High School Middlesboro	337	Critical	65.0%
36	Martha Jane Potter Elementary School Whitesburg	273	Critical	64.5%
37	Dewitt Elementary School Flat Lick	120	Critical	64.2%
38	Magoffin County High School Salyersville	538	Critical	62.3%
39	The New Haven School New Haven	162	Critical	62.3%
40	Paces Creek Elementary Manchester	273	Critical	61.9%
41	Herald Whitaker Middle School Salyersville	260	Critical	61.9%
42	Fayette County Learning Center Lexington	191	Critical	61.3%
43	Knott County Central High School Hindman	520	Critical	61.2%
44	Powell County High School Stanton	580	Critical	61.0%
45	Owsley County High School Booneville	291	Critical	60.5%
46	Pine Knot Elementary School Pine Knot	352	Critical	60.2%
47	Mccreary Central High School Stearns	711	Critical	60.1%
48	Lewis County High School Vanceburg	568	Critical	59.5%
49	Cordia School Hazard	185	Critical	59.5%
50	Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary Louisville	315	Critical	59.4%
51	Knox Central High School Barbourville	720	Critical	59.2%
52	Belfry High School Belfry	463	Critical	59.0%
53	Leatherwood Elementary School Leatherwood	102	Critical	58.8%
54	Hacker Elementary School Manchester	244	Critical	58.6%
55	Berea Community High School Berea	309	Critical	58.3%
56	Clay County High School Manchester	762	Critical	58.1%
57	Jones Fork Elementary School Mousie	153	Critical	57.5%
58	Leslie County High School Hyden	455	Critical	57.1%
59	Robert W Combs Elementary School Happy	325	Critical	56.9%
60	Fairview High School Ashland	257	Critical	56.8%
61	Jenkins Independent School Jenkins	453	Critical	56.7%
62	Powell County Middle School Stanton	418	Critical	56.5%
63	South Magoffin Elementary Salyersville	208	Critical	56.3%
64	Cowan Elementary School Whitesburg	246	Critical	56.1%
65	Perry County Central High School Hazard	819	Critical	55.8%
66	Belfry Middle School Belfry	344	Critical	55.8%
67	Mccracken Open Campus School West Paducah	72	Critical	55.6%
68	Iroquois High Louisville	1,301	Critical	55.0%
69	East Perry County Elementary School Hazard	603	Critical	54.6%
70	Sebastian Elementary School Jackson	393	Critical	54.2%
71	Wurtland Middle School Wurtland	202	Critical	54.0%
72	Waggener High Louisville	888	Critical	53.9%
73	Central Elementary School Barbourville	313	Critical	53.7%
74	Arlie Boggs Elementary School Eolia	110	Critical	53.6%
75	Fern Creek High Louisville	1,525	Critical	53.5%
76	Prestonsburg Elementary School Prestonsburg	574	Critical	53.1%
77	Lee County Middle High School Beattyville	422	Critical	52.8%
78	Clay County Middle School Manchester	387	Critical	52.7%
79	Robinson Elementary School Ary	278	Critical	52.5%
80	James D. Adams Middle School Prestonsburg	311	Critical	52.4%
81	Jackson County Middle School McKee	369	Critical	52.3%
82	Byck Elementary Louisville	272	Critical	52.2%
83	Hindman Elementary School Hindman	434	Critical	52.1%
84	Betsy Layne High School Stanville	387	Critical	51.7%
85	Fairdale High Fairdale	1,405	Critical	51.5%
86	Emmalena Elementary School Emmalena	204	Critical	51.5%
87	Middlesboro Middle School Middlesboro	284	Critical	51.1%
88	Seneca High Louisville	1,255	Critical	51.0%
89	Doss High Louisville	1,235	Critical	50.9%
90	Jackson County High School McKee	536	Critical	50.9%
91	Salyersville Grade School Salyersville	479	Critical	50.9%
92	Big Creek Elementary Oneida	136	Critical	50.7%
93	Newport High School Newport	521	Critical	50.5%
94	Shelby Academy Louisville	290	Critical	50.3%
95	Phelps Elementary School Freeburn	293	Critical	50.2%
96	Menifee County High School Frenchburg	376	Critical	50.0%
97	Viper Elementary School Viper	282	Critical	50.0%
98	Morgan County High School West Liberty	527	High	49.9%
99	North Magoffin Elementary Salyersville	417	High	49.6%
100	Pathfinder School of Innovation Louisville	918	High	49.3%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts — Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts — Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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