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 .
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
18.9:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school
1,609
average across the top 50
# School Enrollment
1 Lafayette High School Lexington 2,370
2 Ballard High Louisville 2,148
3 Madison Central High School Richmond 2,107
4 Larry a. Ryle High School Union 2,077
5 Bryan Station High School Lexington 2,030
6 Henry Clay High School Lexington 1,939
7 Dupont Manual High Louisville 1,899
8 Simon Kenton High School Independence 1,893
9 Marion C. Moore School Louisville 1,892
10 Mccracken County High School Paducah 1,882
11 Henderson County High School Henderson 1,852
12 Central Hardin High School Cecilia 1,831
13 Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington 1,828
14 Eastern High Middletown 1,790
15 Pleasure Ridge Park High Louisville 1,777
16 Frederick Douglass High School Lexington 1,770
17 Louisville Male High Louisville 1,763
18 Daviess County High School Owensboro 1,750
19 Southern High Louisville 1,725
20 Tates Creek High School Lexington 1,723
21 Great Crossing High School Georgetown 1,677
22 Bullitt East High School Mount Washington 1,664
23 North Hardin High School Radcliff 1,593
24 George Rogers Clark High School Winchester 1,578
25 South Warren High School Bowling Green 1,548
26 Oldham County High School La Grange 1,547
27 Fern Creek High Louisville 1,525
28 Campbell County High School Alexandria 1,519
29 Meade County High School Brandenburg 1,512
30 Dixie Heights High School Fort Mitchell 1,499
31 Randall K. Cooper High School Union 1,490
32 Atherton High Louisville 1,466
33 Greenwood High School Bowling Green 1,451
34 Fairdale High Fairdale 1,405
35 Conner High School Hebron 1,400
36 Scott County High School Georgetown 1,392
37 Bowling Green High School Bowling Green 1,377
38 Montgomery County High School Mount Sterling 1,345
39 Owensboro High School Owensboro 1,342
40 Summit View Academy Independence 1,324
41 South Oldham High School Crestwood 1,304
42 Iroquois High Louisville 1,301
43 Bullitt Central High School Shepherdsville 1,293
44 Butler Traditional High Louisville 1,290
45 West Jessamine High School Nicholasville 1,272
46 Apollo High School Owensboro 1,265
47 Central High Magnet Career Academy Louisville 1,256
48 Seneca High Louisville 1,255
49 Boone County High School Florence 1,252
50 North Laurel High School London 1,252

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Methodology

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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