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

No. Use the Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County?

Start with the 8 listed public schools and 1 district entry, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Carroll County Schools & Education

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

Carroll County, Kentucky

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

School Score

80/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Higher 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

$7,946

National avg $13,239

State avg $6,894

School Score

80/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 57/100

State Score Position

of 120 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Carroll County

Measured School Summary

Carroll County has a higher measured school signal with a school score of 80/100 and a graduation rate of 97.0%, based on available NCES graduation-rate and school-score inputs.

Funding Context

At $7,946 per pupil, Carroll County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 39% above the Kentucky average, and its graduation rate exceeds the state average by 3.2 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 15% higher than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Carroll 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

8 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

80/100

Higher measured signal. Ranks #3 of 120 Kentucky counties with school score data.

Completion

97.0%

3.2 pts above the state average

Funding context

$7,946

$1,052 above the state average

School coverage

1 district represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

This county screens well on the combined school metrics available here. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Carroll County has 8 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 Carroll 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

Carroll 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

of 120 Kentucky counties with school score data. The county score is 23 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.

Carroll County

Elementary to high school visible

2,040 students

Elementary 2Middle 1High 2Other 1

6 listed schools in this county slice.

District reality check

Carroll County is the largest listed district slice, with 6 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 Carroll 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

Carroll County Achieves 79.5 Composite Score Across Eight Schools

Education data brief for Carroll County, Kentucky.

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

Lead metric:School score

With a composite school score of 79.5, Carroll County schools perform significantly above the Kentucky state average of 56.7 and the national median of 50.0. The county operates a single school district, Carroll County, which serves 2,040 students. All eight schools in the district are located in town settings, with Carroll County Middle School being the largest facility, serving 590 students. The county’s graduation rate is 97.0%, which is higher than both the state average of 93.8% and the national average of 87.0%. Per-pupil spending is reported at $7,946, a figure that is higher than the state average of $6,894 but lower than the national average of $13,000. The district includes a variety of specialized facilities, such as the Carroll County Childhood Development Center for pre-kindergarten students. Further data on school locales and levels can be found in the NCES directory.

Sources

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

School Overview

Total Schools

in Carroll County

Reported Enrollment

2,040

8 schools reporting

School Districts

district

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary2

Middle1

High4

Other1

1 School District in Carroll County

Carroll County

6 schools

2,040 students enrolled

8 Public Schools in Carroll 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 Carroll County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Carroll County Middle School	Record	Carroll County	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	5–8	Middle	590
Carroll County High School	Record	Carroll County	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	9–12	High	572
Cartmell Elementary	Record	Carroll County	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	2–4	Primary	410
Kathryn Winn Primary	Record	Carroll County	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	KG–1	Primary	280
Carroll Co Childhood Development Center	Record	Carroll County	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	PK	Other	188
Carroll County Area Technology Center	Record	Kentucky Tech System	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	8–12	Vocational	0
iLEAD Academy	Record	Kentucky Tech System	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	9–12	Vocational	0
iLead Academy School	Record	Carroll County	Carrollton, 41008Town: Distant	9–12	Vocational	0

Carroll County Middle School

Carroll County