School choice in Kentucky
No state program pays private school tuition.
What exists in Kentucky
| State program | No state program pays private school tuition |
|---|---|
| What families can use instead | 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. |
| Help paying | Nothing at the state level. Federal scholarships from 2027 can cover tuition and other K-12 costs. |
| Coming up | There is no state application. Once Kentucky’s list of scholarship organizations is published, families apply to them. |
| Federal tax credit, 2027 | Kentucky is on the IRS list of states that opted in to the federal scholarship tax credit (as of September 14, 2026), so scholarship organizations here can take federally credited gifts from January 2027. |
We read this on from: KRS 141.500 with note on the 2022 Supreme Court ruling; Kentucky State Board of Elections, 2024 general election certification; Kentucky General Assembly, HB 1 (2026); Kentucky Secretary of State, July 22, 2026, scholarship organizations; KY Saves 529, questions; IRS, participating states for 2027 (as of September 14, 2026). Rules change when the legislature meets, so check the official program site before you count on a number.
Private schools in Kentucky
We list 257 private schools in Kentucky, with grades, size and affiliation, by city and county.
Browse private schools in Kentucky
- Private schools in Louisville (69 nearby)
- Private schools in Covington (30 nearby)
- Private schools in Erlanger (25 nearby)
- Private schools in Lexington (25 nearby)
- Private schools in Fort Thomas (19 nearby)
- Private schools in Florence (17 nearby)
- Private schools in Bardstown (7 nearby)
- Private schools in Owensboro (6 nearby)
- Private schools in Frankfort (5 nearby)
- Private schools in Leitchfield (5 nearby)
- Private schools in Bowling Green (4 nearby)
- Private schools in Danville (4 nearby)
- Private schools in Georgetown (3 nearby)
- Private schools in Hopkinsville (3 nearby)
- Private schools in London (3 nearby)
Questions parents ask
Does Kentucky have school vouchers or an ESA?
No state program pays private school tuition.
What can families in Kentucky use instead?
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.
Will the federal scholarship tax credit help in Kentucky?
Kentucky is on the IRS list of states that opted in to the federal scholarship tax credit (as of September 14, 2026), so scholarship organizations here can take federally credited gifts from January 2027.
Other states
- Texas: TEFA
- Arkansas: EFA
- Oklahoma: PCTC
- Tennessee: EFS
- Missouri: MOScholars
- Florida: FES / FTC
- Arizona: ESA
- Iowa: Students First ESA
- Utah: UFA
- West Virginia: Hope
- North Carolina: Opportunity Scholarship
- Indiana: Choice Scholarship
- Ohio: EdChoice
- Alabama: CHOOSE Act
- Louisiana: LA GATOR
- Georgia: Promise Scholarship
- South Carolina: ESTF
- New Hampshire: EFA
- Idaho: PCTC
- Wisconsin: WI Choice
- Maryland: BOOST
- Nevada: Opportunity Scholarship
- Wyoming: Steamboat Legacy ESA
- Kansas: TCLISS
- Montana: SSO tax credit
- South Dakota: Partners in Education
- Rhode Island: RI scholarship tax credit
- Mississippi: ESA
- Maine: Town tuitioning
- Vermont: Town tuitioning
- District of Columbia: OSP
- California: no state program
- Pennsylvania: EITC / OSTC
- New York: no state program
- Illinois: no state program
- New Jersey: no state program
- Virginia: EISTC
- Michigan: no state program
- Washington: no state program
- Massachusetts: no state program
- Minnesota: no state program
- Oregon: no state program
- Colorado: no state program
- Connecticut: no state program
- Nebraska: no state program
- New Mexico: no state program
- Hawaii: no state program
- Delaware: no state program
- North Dakota: no state program
- Alaska: no state program