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 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 .
The Department of Defense Education Activity 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.
A
- Adair County Schools
- Allen County Schools
- Anchorage Independent Schools, Anchorage
- * Operates as a single K–8 school. High school students in the Anchorage district, if they are not accepted to one of the Jefferson County Public Schools magnet programs, can attend high schools within a region that JCPS calls "Network 3"—essentially, the area north of the Watterson Expressway and Interstate 64. The nearest of these schools to the Anchorage district is Eastern High School.
- Anderson County Schools
- Ashland Independent School District, Ashland
- Augusta Independent Schools, Augusta
B
- Badgett Regional Cooperative For Educational Enhancement
- Ballard County Schools
- Barbourville Independent Schools, Barbourville
- Bardstown City Schools, Bardstown
- Barren County Schools
- Bath County Schools
- Beechwood Independent School District
- Bell County Schools
- Bellevue Independent Schools
- Berea Independent Schools
- Big East Educational Cooperative, Ashland
- Boone County Schools
- Bourbon County Schools
- Bowling Green Independent Schools
- Boyd County Public Schools, Ashland
- Boyle County Schools
- Bracken County Schools
- Breathitt County Schools
- Breckinridge County Schools
- Bullitt County Public Schools
- Burgin Independent Schools
- Butler County Schools
C
- Caldwell County Schools
- Calloway County Schools
- Campbell County Schools, Alexandria
- Campbellsville Independent Schools
- Carlisle County Schools
- Carroll County Public Schools
- Carter County Schools
- Casey County Schools
- Caveland Educational Support Center
- Caverna Independent Schools
- Central City Independent Schools - Defunct
- Central Kentucky Education Cooperative
- Central Kentucky Special Education Cooperative
- Christian County Public Schools
- Clark County Schools
- Clay County Schools
- Clinton County Schools, Albany
- Cloverport Independent Schools
- Corbin Independent School District
- Covington Independent Public Schools
- Crittenden County Schools
- Cumberland County Schools
D
- Danville Independent Schools
- Daviess County Public Schools
- Dawson Springs Independent Schools
- Dayton Independent Schools
E
- East Bernstadt Independent School
- * Operates as a single K–8 school. High school students in the district may attend either of the two public high schools in the Laurel County district. The closest of the two to East Bernstadt is North Laurel High School.
- Edmonson County Schools
- Elizabethtown Independent Schools
- Elliott County Schools
- Eminence Independent Schools
- Erlanger-Elsmere Schools
- Estill County Schools
F
- Fairview Independent Schools, Ashland
- Fayette County Public Schools
- Fleming County Schools
- Floyd County Schools
- Fort Thomas Independent Schools
- Frankfort Independent Schools
- Franklin County Public Schools
- Fulton County Schools
- Fulton Independent Schools
G
- Gallatin County Schools
- Garrard County Schools
- Glasgow Independent Schools
- Grant County Schools
- Graves County Schools
- Grayson County Schools
- Green County Schools
- Green River Regional Educational Cooperative
- Greenup County Schools
H
- Hancock County Schools
- Hardin County Schools
- Harlan County Public Schools
- Harlan Independent Schools
- Harrison County Schools
- Harrodsburg Independent Schools - Defunct
- Hart County Schools
- Hazard Independent Schools
- Henderson County Schools
- Henry County Schools
- Hickman County Schools
- Hopkins County Schools
J
- Jackson County Public Schools
- Jackson Independent School District
- Jefferson County Public Schools
- Jenkins Independent Schools
- Jessamine County Schools
- Johnson County School District
K
- Kenton County School District
- Kentucky District, DoDEA Americas
- Kentucky Educational Development Corporation, Ashland
- Knott County Schools
- Knox County Public Schools, Barbourville
L
- LaRue County Schools
- Laurel County Public Schools
- Lawrence County Schools
- Lee County School District
- Leslie County Schools
- Letcher County Public Schools
- Lewis County Schools
- Lincoln County Schools
- Livingston County Schools
- Logan County Schools
- Louisville Public Schools - Defunct
- Ludlow Independent Schools
- Lyon County Schools
M
- Madison County Schools
- Magoffin County Schools
- Marion County Schools
- Marshall County Schools
- Martin County Schools
- Mason County Schools
- Mayfield Independent Schools
- Maysville Independent Schools - Defunct
- McCracken County Public Schools
- McCreary County Schools
- McLean County Schools
- Meade County Schools
- Menifee County Schools
- Mercer County Schools
- Metcalfe County Schools
- Middlesboro Independent Schools
- Monroe County School District
- Montgomery County Schools
- Monticello Independent Schools – District closed in 2013, with its students absorbed by the surrounding Wayne County district.
- Morgan County Schools
- Muhlenberg County Schools
- Murray Independent School District
N
- Nelson County School District, Bardstown
- Newport Independent Schools
- Nicholas County Schools
O
- Ohio County Schools
- Oldham County Schools
- Owen County Schools
- Owensboro Public Schools
- Owsley County Schools
P
- Paducah Public Schools
- Paintsville Independent School District
- Paris Independent Schools
- Pendleton County Schools
- Perry County Schools
- Pike County Schools
- Pikeville Independent Schools
- Pineville Independent Schools
- Powell County Schools
- Providence Independent Schools - Defunct
- Pulaski County Schools
R
- Raceland-Worthington Independent Schools
- Richmond Independent Schools - Defunct
- Robertson County Schools
- Rockcastle County Schools
- Rowan County Schools
- Russell County Schools
- Russell Independent Schools
- Russellville Independent Schools
S
- Science Hill Independent Schools
- * Operates as a single K–8 school. High school students in the district can attend either Pulaski County or Somerset High School.
- Scott County Schools
- Shelby County Public Schools
- Silver Grove Independent Schools
- Simpson County Schools
- Somerset Independent Schools
- Southgate Independent Schools
- * Operates as a single K–8 school.
- Spencer County Schools
T
- Taylor County Schools
- Todd County Schools
- Trigg County Public Schools
- Trimble County Schools
U
- Union County Public Schools
W
- Walton-Verona Independent Schools
- Warren County Public Schools
- Washington County Schools
- Wayne County Schools
- Webster County Schools
- West Point School
- * Operates as a single K–8 school. High school students in the district attend Elizabethtown High School under a contract with the Elizabethtown Independent Schools.
- Whitley County School District
- Williamsburg Independent Schools
- Williamstown Independent Schools
- Wolfe County Schools
- Woodford County Schools