Kentucky · NCES CCD 2024-25
Largest Schools in Kentucky The 50 largest public schools in Kentucky, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.
Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools . · Updated August 2026
2,370 Largest school
1,609 Avg across top 50
50 Schools listed The ranking in one line
Lafayette High School in Lexington is Kentucky's largest public school with 2,370 students enrolled.
2,370 students at Lafayette High School
18.4:1 student-teacher ratio at the largest school
1,609 average across the top 50 # School Student:Teacher Level District Enrollment 1 Lafayette High School Lexington 18.4:1 High Fayette County 2,370 2 Ballard High Louisville 19.9:1 High Jefferson County 2,148 3 Madison Central High School Richmond 18.3:1 High Madison County 2,107 4 Larry a. Ryle High School Union 19.1:1 High Boone County 2,077 5 Bryan Station High School Lexington 19:1 High Fayette County 2,030 6 Henry Clay High School Lexington 16.2:1 High Fayette County 1,939 7 Dupont Manual High Louisville 17.9:1 High Jefferson County 1,899 8 Simon Kenton High School Independence 22.5:1 High Kenton County 1,893 9 Marion C. Moore School Louisville 14.9:1 Other Jefferson County 1,892 10 Mccracken County High School Paducah 17.8:1 High McCracken County 1,882 11 Henderson County High School Henderson 15.3:1 High Henderson County 1,852 12 Central Hardin High School Cecilia 19.9:1 High Hardin County 1,831 13 Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington 17.1:1 High Fayette County 1,828 14 Eastern High Middletown 16:1 High Jefferson County 1,790 15 Pleasure Ridge Park High Louisville 20.4:1 High Jefferson County 1,777 16 Frederick Douglass High School Lexington 19.5:1 High Fayette County 1,770 17 Louisville Male High Louisville 18.8:1 High Jefferson County 1,763 18 Daviess County High School Owensboro 19.4:1 High Daviess County 1,750 19 Southern High Louisville 21.6:1 High Jefferson County 1,725 20 Tates Creek High School Lexington 17.1:1 High Fayette County 1,723 21 Great Crossing High School Georgetown 21.8:1 High Scott County 1,677 22 Bullitt East High School Mount Washington 20.5:1 High Bullitt County 1,664 23 North Hardin High School Radcliff 19:1 High Hardin County 1,593 24 George Rogers Clark High School Winchester 17:1 High Clark County 1,578 25 South Warren High School Bowling Green 20.6:1 High Warren County 1,548 26 Oldham County High School La Grange 18.6:1 High Oldham County 1,547 27 Fern Creek High Louisville 14.1:1 High Jefferson County 1,525 28 Campbell County High School Alexandria 17.5:1 High Campbell County 1,519 29 Meade County High School Brandenburg 21.9:1 High Meade County 1,512 30 Dixie Heights High School Fort Mitchell 22.7:1 High Kenton County 1,499 31 Randall K. Cooper High School Union 18.6:1 High Boone County 1,490 32 Atherton High Louisville 18.3:1 High Jefferson County 1,466 33 Greenwood High School Bowling Green 18.4:1 High Warren County 1,451 34 Fairdale High Fairdale 16.9:1 High Jefferson County 1,405 35 Conner High School Hebron 16.5:1 High Boone County 1,400 36 Scott County High School Georgetown 21.8:1 High Scott County 1,392 37 Bowling Green High School Bowling Green 15.8:1 High Bowling Green Independent 1,377 38 Montgomery County High School Mount Sterling 20.7:1 High Montgomery County 1,345 39 Owensboro High School Owensboro 15.4:1 High Owensboro Independent 1,342 40 Summit View Academy Independence 16:1 Other Kenton County 1,324 41 South Oldham High School Crestwood 20.1:1 High Oldham County 1,304 42 Iroquois High Louisville 19.7:1 High Jefferson County 1,301 43 Bullitt Central High School Shepherdsville 17:1 High Bullitt County 1,293 44 Butler Traditional High Louisville 14.8:1 High Jefferson County 1,290 45 West Jessamine High School Nicholasville 17.9:1 High Jessamine County 1,272 46 Apollo High School Owensboro 15.4:1 High Daviess County 1,265 47 Central High Magnet Career Academy Louisville 17.4:1 High Jefferson County 1,256 48 Seneca High Louisville 14.4:1 High Jefferson County 1,255 49 Boone County High School Florence 14.2:1 High Boone County 1,252 50 North Laurel High School London 19.3:1 High Laurel County 1,252
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Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year.
Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated
from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.
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