List of school districts in Kentucky
This is a list of school districts in Kentucky, which has two types of public school districts. The first type, county school districts, typically cover all or a large part of a county, and are generally styled "XXXX County (Public) Schools." The second type, "independent" districts, usually encompass cities or groups of cities. These have several different styles, but with one detail in common—"County" is nowhere to be found in the district name. All independent districts operate within a single county, with the following exceptions:
- Caverna, which serves two adjoining cities on separate sides of the boundary between Barren and Hart Counties
- Corbin, which serves a single city divided between Whitley and Knox Counties.
- There is some question as to whether the Fairview or Russell district overlaps into another county. An official map of the Fairview district, located in Boyd County, seems to indicate that it overlaps into a small area of Greenup County. However, the official map of the adjacent Russell district in Greenup County includes the aforementioned overlap, plus a small area within Boyd County. To see maps of these and other independent school districts in Kentucky, see this page at the Kentucky Department of Revenue.
All county districts operate schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. Most independent districts also do so; however, a few do not operate high schools. Students in those districts attend high school in the district whose area overlaps with the independent district. If a district does not operate high schools, the district that its students will go to at that level will be noted below it.
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates schools for military dependents at two major United States Army bases in Kentucky, Fort Campbell and Fort Knox. DoDEA has organized a Kentucky-specific district to administer the schools on those bases (although some of the Fort Campbell schools are physically located in Tennessee).
Multi-County[]
- Central Kentucky Education Cooperative
- Green River Regional Educational Cooperative
- KEDC Special Education Cooperative
- Kentucky District, DoDEA Americas
- Kentucky Educational Development Corporation
- Kentucky Tech Schools (16 schools)
Barren County[]
Bell County[]
Boone County[]
- Boone County Schools
- Walton-Verona Independent Schools
Bourbon County[]
Boyd County[]
- Ashland Independent School District
- Boyd County Public Schools
- Fairview Independent Schools
Boyle County[]
Bracken County[]
- Augusta Independent Schools
- Bracken County Schools
Breathitt County[]
Breckinridge County[]
Calloway County[]
- Calloway County Schools
- Murray Independent School District
Campbell County[]
Daviess County[]
- Daviess County Public Schools
- Owensboro Public Schools
Franklin County[]
Fulton County[]
Grant County[]
- Williamstown Independent Schools
Graves County[]
Greenup County[]
- Raceland-Worthington Independent Schools
Hardin County[]
- Elizabethtown Independent Schools
- Hardin County Schools
- West Point School
Harlan County[]
Henry County[]
- Eminence Independent Schools
- Henry County Schools
Hopkins County[]
Jefferson County[]
- Anchorage Independent Schools
- Jefferson County Public Schools
Johnson County[]
Kenton County[]
- Covington Independent Public Schools
- Kenton County School District
Knox County[]
Laurel County[]
- East Bernstadt Independent School
- Laurel County Public Schools
Letcher County[]
Logan County[]
Madison County[]
McCracken County[]
- McCracken County Public Schools
- Paducah Public Schools
Mercer County[]
Nelson County[]
- Bardstown City Schools
Perry County[]
Pike County[]
Pulaski County[]
Taylor County[]
Warren County[]
- Bowling Green Independent Schools
- Warren County Public Schools
Whitley County[]
Single-District Counties[]
- Adair County Schools
- Allen County Schools
- Anderson County Schools
- Bullitt County Public Schools
- Butler County Schools (Kentucky)
- Carroll County Public Schools
- Carter County Schools
- Casey County Schools
- Crittenden County Schools
- Edmonson County Schools
- Fayette County Public Schools
- Floyd County Schools
- Lee County School District
- Lewis County Schools
- Lincoln County Schools
- Marshall County Schools
- Martin County Schools
- Muhlenberg County Schools
- Nicholas County Schools
- Oldham County Schools
- Russell County Schools
- Shelby County Public Schools
- Trigg County Public Schools
- Union County Public Schools
- Wayne County Schools
- Webster County Schools
See also[]
- School districts in Kentucky
- Kentucky education-related lists
- Lists of school districts in the United States by state
- Kentucky geography-related lists