Best school districts near Fort Knox

The 29 districts within about an hour of base, ranked by academic proficiency. For a military family buying a home, the school zone is the decision — start here, then drill into the neighborhoods inside the district you want.

School-district quality

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EDFacts reading + math proficiency

Ranked by academic proficiency

Quality blends EDFacts reading + math proficiency (all grades). Affluence and size are shown as context, not folded into the score.

1
Anchorageschool district
Jefferson County · 393 students · 35 mi from base
Excellent
Read
88%
Math
84%
Quality
86
2
Oldhamschool district
Oldham County · 12,941 students · 45 mi from base
Excellent
Read
69%
Math
63%
Quality
66
3
Spencerschool district
Spencer County · 3,169 students · 36 mi from base
Strong
Read
65%
Math
55%
Quality
60
4
Meadeschool district
Meade County · 5,020 students · 16 mi from base
Strong
Read
60%
Math
56%
Quality
58
5
Breckinridgeschool district
Breckinridge County · 2,783 students · 26 mi from base
Strong
Read
61%
Math
54%
Quality
58
6
North Harrison Community School Corporationschool district
Harrison County · 2,194 students · 33 mi from base
Strong
Read
59%
Math
56%
Quality
58
7
Elizabethtownschool district
Hardin County · 2,520 students · 14 mi from base
Strong
Read
62%
Math
51%
Quality
57
8
Greenschool district
Green County · 1,663 students · 48 mi from base
Strong
Read
59%
Math
53%
Quality
56
9
Perry Central Community School Corporationschool district
Perry County · 1,250 students · 39 mi from base
Above average
Read
61%
Math
50%
Quality
56
10
South Harrison Communityschool district
Harrison County · 3,177 students · 18 mi from base
Above average
Read
53%
Math
54%
Quality
54
11
Graysonschool district
Grayson County · 4,292 students · 36 mi from base
Above average
Read
57%
Math
50%
Quality
54
12
Lanesville Community School Corporationschool district
Harrison County · 740 students · 24 mi from base
Above average
Read
57%
Math
49%
Quality
53
13
Larueschool district
Larue County · 2,426 students · 28 mi from base
Above average
Read
59%
Math
46%
Quality
53
14
Marionschool district
Marion County · 3,309 students · 44 mi from base
Above average
Read
55%
Math
49%
Quality
52
15
New Albany-Floyd County Consolidatedschool district
Floyd County · 11,702 students · 30 mi from base
Above average
Read
53%
Math
50%
Quality
52
16
Clarksville Community School Corporationschool district
Clark County · 1,364 students · 31 mi from base
Above average
Read
51%
Math
50%
Quality
51
17
Taylorschool district
Taylor County · 2,783 students · 50 mi from base
Above average
Read
55%
Math
46%
Quality
51
18
Hartschool district
Hart County · 2,466 students · 40 mi from base
Above average
Read
58%
Math
42%
Quality
50
19
Bullittschool district
Bullitt County · 13,330 students · 17 mi from base
Above average
Read
55%
Math
44%
Quality
50
20
Crawford County Community School Corporationschool district
Crawford County · 1,517 students · 39 mi from base
Above average
Read
50%
Math
49%
Quality
50
21
Hardinschool district
Hardin County · 15,288 students · 15 mi from base
Above average
Read
53%
Math
43%
Quality
48
22
Bardstownschool district
Nelson County · 2,782 students · 28 mi from base
Above average
Read
56%
Math
40%
Quality
48
23
Nelsonschool district
Nelson County · 4,734 students · 28 mi from base
Average
Read
54%
Math
40%
Quality
47
24
Greater Clark Countyschool district
Clark County · 10,310 students · 45 mi from base
Average
Read
50%
Math
41%
Quality
46
25
Shelbyschool district
Shelby County · 7,304 students · 48 mi from base
Average
Read
48%
Math
36%
Quality
42
26
Jeffersonschool district
Jefferson County · 100,348 students · 27 mi from base
Average
Read
46%
Math
36%
Quality
41

Other districts in range

In the catchment but without published EDFacts proficiency (often very small or charter LEAs).

Fort Knox Dependent Jefferson County School District in Anchorage Silver Creek School Corporation

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