Can I use Caldwell County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Caldwell County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Caldwell County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Caldwell County?

Start with the 5 listed public schools and 1 district entry, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Caldwell County Schools & Education

Name: Caldwell County, Kentucky Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Caldwell County, Kentucky

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

61/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Midrange Signal

Graduation Rate

97.0%

National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Graduation Rate

97.0%

National avg 87.5%

State avg 93.8%

Per-Pupil Spending

$6,428

National avg $13,239

State avg $6,894

School Score

61/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 57/100

State Score Position

#49

of 120 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Caldwell County

Measured School Summary

Caldwell County performs at an average level with a school score of 61/100 and a solid graduation rate of 97.0%.

Funding Context

At $6,428 per pupil, Caldwell County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 6% above the Kentucky average, and its graduation rate exceeds the state average by 3.2 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 7% lower than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Caldwell County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

5 public schools and 1 district are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

61/100

Mixed county signal. Ranks #49 of 120 Kentucky counties with school score data.

Completion

97.0%

3.2 pts above the state average

Funding context

$6,428

$466 below the state average

School coverage

1 district represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

This county needs a closer look at district mix, school level, and local context. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Caldwell County has 5 public schools across 1 district, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Caldwell County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Small-system county

Caldwell County has a compact public-school footprint. A single school change, boundary rule, or district update can move the lived experience more than the county score suggests.

State position

#49

of 120 Kentucky counties with school score data. The county score is 4 points above the state average.

Data confidence

Usable

3 of 5 county signals are present, and 100% of listed schools report enrollment. Compare schools, then verify missing fields locally.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

Caldwell County

Elementary to high school visible

1,891 students

Elementary 2Middle 1High 1Other 0

4 listed schools in this county slice.

District reality check

Caldwell County is the largest listed district slice, with 4 schools. County pages do not prove address assignment, so verify boundaries with local district tools.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Caldwell County?

Which attendance zones, transfer rules, and transportation policies apply inside the local district?

What changes at the elementary-to-middle and middle-to-high transitions in the district pathway we would likely use?

If we need a program not visible in the NCES flags, which district office can confirm current offerings?

Are the largest listed schools the ones our address can actually attend, or are they only county-level context?

Data Story

Caldwell County Graduation Rate Reaches 97 Percent

Education data brief for Caldwell County, Kentucky.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorPublished Jul 7, 2026Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

Lead metric:Graduation rate

Caldwell County’s high school graduation rate of 97.0% is one of the county's most distinct metrics, exceeding the Kentucky state average of 93.8% and the national average of 87.0%. The county’s public education system is consolidated into a single school district, the Caldwell County district, which manages 1,891 students across five schools. All five schools in the county are classified by the NCES as rural. The largest institution is Caldwell County High School, which serves 544 students. Funding in the county stands at $6,428 per pupil, a figure that is lower than the Kentucky average of $6,894 and significantly below the national per-pupil spending average of approximately $13,000. Despite the lower per-pupil expenditure, the county’s composite school score of 60.5 remains above both the state average of 56.7 and the national median of 50.0. For more detailed records, see the NCES Common Core of Data for school-level reports.

Sources

NCES Common Core of Data
U.S. Census Bureau ACS

School Overview

Total Schools

in Caldwell County

Reported Enrollment

1,891

5 schools reporting

School Districts

district

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary2

Middle1

High2

Other0

1 School District in Caldwell County

Caldwell County

4 schools

1,891 students enrolled

5 Public Schools in Caldwell County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Every NCES public school remains listed here; no school-level profile pages are included in the current generated coverage for this county.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Caldwell County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Caldwell County High School	Record	Caldwell County	Princeton, 42445Rural: Fringe	9–12	High	544
Caldwell County Primary School	Record	Caldwell County	Princeton, 42445Rural: Fringe	PK–2	Primary	523
Caldwell County Middle School	Record	Caldwell County	Princeton, 42445Rural: Fringe	6–8	Middle	421
Caldwell County Elementary School	Record	Caldwell County	Princeton, 42445Rural: Fringe	3–5	Primary	403
Caldwell County Area Technology Center	Record	Kentucky Tech System	Princeton, 42445Rural: Fringe	8–12	Vocational	0

Caldwell County High School

Caldwell County