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Private schools in Kentucky

No state program pays private school tuition.

257 schools listed
50,127 students (2023-24)

No Kentucky program pays private school tuition. The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down the Education Opportunity Account tax credit in December 2022, and in November 2024 voters rejected Amendment 2, which would have allowed state money for nonpublic education.

School choice in Kentucky: what is available

By city

The number is how many private schools sit within 6 miles of each town (12 miles for smaller towns), so nearby towns can overlap.

Ranked lists, each on one stated measure: Top private schools in Louisville

By kind of school

By county

The largest private schools in Kentucky

SchoolCityGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliation
Lexington Christian AcademyLexingtonPreK-121,40410.1Christian (nondenominational)
Trinity High SchoolLouisville9-121,26012.3Roman Catholic, all-boys
St. Xavier High SchoolLouisville9-121,08110.2Roman Catholic, all-boys
Assumption High SchoolLouisville9-1290212.1Roman Catholic, all-girls
Kentucky Country Day SchoolLouisvillePreK-128019.9Nonsectarian
Louisville Collegiate SchoolLouisvillePreK-127677.9Nonsectarian
St. Pius X Elementary SchoolEdgewoodK-872817.3Roman Catholic
Highlands Latin SchoolLouisvillePreK-126949.4Christian (nondenominational)
Lexington Catholic High SchoolLexington9-126939.5Roman Catholic
St. Margaret Mary SchoolLouisvilleK-866115.7Roman Catholic
St. Albert the Great SchoolLouisvillePreK-864018.9Roman Catholic
St. Patrick SchoolLouisvillePreK-861717Roman Catholic
St. Michael SchoolLouisvillePreK-859220Roman Catholic
Whitefield AcademyLouisvillePreK-1255611.3Baptist
St. Timothy SchoolUnionPreK-854024.5Roman Catholic

What private school costs in Kentucky

We have read published tuition on 26 Kentucky school websites. The middle price is $9,770 for kindergarten to grade 5 (21 schools), $10,300 for grades 6 to 8 (21 schools), $14,225 for grades 9 to 12 (14 schools). Published prices run from $3,600 to $31,500 a year.

These are the schools we have verified so far, mostly larger ones, so treat the figures as a guide rather than an average. Each school's page links its source. Private school tuition in Kentucky, school by school. Tuition in every state.

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Questions parents ask

How much does Kentucky pay toward private school?

No state program pays private school tuition.

Who can get it?

No Kentucky program pays private school tuition. The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down the Education Opportunity Account tax credit in December 2022, and in November 2024 voters rejected Amendment 2, which would have allowed state money for nonpublic education.

Is there still room?

Kentucky is on the IRS list for the new federal scholarship tax credit that starts January 1, 2027. The legislature opted in with HB 1 (2026) over the governor’s veto, and the Secretary of State is collecting scholarship organization filings for a list due to Treasury by January 1, 2027.

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