Schools · Winchester

Winchester, KY schools

Winchester’s public schools score close to Kentucky’s averages: 41% of students are proficient in reading against 41.3% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.8%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 4, then Robert D. Campbell Jr. High and George Rogers Clark High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade #85Best schools in KY (of 126)#9Highest graduation rate in KY (of 120)

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Winchester’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Winchester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 75% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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Kentucky school districts we grade (172)Better than 75%

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Kentucky towns with similar household incomes (205)Better than 79%

High confidence. Built on 2,095 tested students and a graduating class of 375; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kentucky’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Kentucky only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Kentucky with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.