Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Ferguson’s public schools
Pulaski County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ferguson. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kentucky’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Ferguson’s schools, in brief
School by school
12 of Ferguson’s 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s 1,177 public schools. Oak Hill Elementary School places highest (better than 99%); Eubank Elementary School lowest (62%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Nine elementary schools serve Ferguson, graded from B to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Southwestern High School and Pulaski County High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Ferguson, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Ferguson · depends on your address
Southern Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 871 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
Northern Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 797 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
7th grade in Ferguson · depends on your address
Southern Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 871 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
Northern Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 797 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
8th grade in Ferguson · depends on your address
Southern Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 871 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
Northern Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 797 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
9th grade in Ferguson · depends on your address
Southwestern High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,213 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
Pulaski County High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,113 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
10th grade in Ferguson · depends on your address
Southwestern High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,213 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
Pulaski County High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,113 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pulaski County School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Ferguson vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Kentucky towns that share Ferguson’s borders.
Every school in Ferguson
13 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kentucky’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Ferguson’s schools
Are Ferguson’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Ferguson. Pulaski County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ferguson. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 12 of its 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Ferguson in?
Pulaski County School District.
Where do Ferguson kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Southwestern High School and Pulaski County High School.
Parents talk
What Ferguson families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Ferguson → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.