City: Buckner, KY

Category: Education

Telephone: (502) 241-3500

Address: 6165 West KY 146

Description: Consistently among the highest-performing of Kentucky’s 120 county school districts on state accountability tests of student learning, the Oldham County School District serves nearly 12,000 students in the rapidly growing communities located 20 miles northeast of Louisville. Student enrollment has more than doubled in recent years, and the latest results of the Kentucky State accountability tests shows Oldham County as one of the highest county districts in the state with a combined academic index of 99.47. Student academic results compare favorably to the best schools in the nation as well. The award-winning district consists of 1 preschool, 10 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 3 high schools, an alternative school, a career center, and a center for the arts and community education, and it maintains the highest accreditation possible from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. With one of the lowest dropout rates in the state, Money magazine has selected Oldham Country Schools as one of its “100 Top Schools in Towns You Can Afford.”