Louisville/Jefferson County

Best Louisville/Jefferson County suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·14 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
La Grange, KY, Ohio Valley Railroad
La Grange$283k median · 25.5 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
84
Schools score
overall 62 C
2
New Albany, Indiana as seen from the Ohio River.
New Albany$181k median · 19.6 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living B+Residents inactive
78
Schools score
overall 64 C+
3
Sellersburg$232k median · 20.0 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B+Residents inactive
64
Schools score
overall 60 C
4
Downtown Sheperdsville, KY
Shepherdsville$222k median · 23.5 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B+Residents inactive
64
Schools score
overall 58 C
5
Mount Washington$268k median · 29.2 min commute
Schools CCost of living B−Residents inactive
60
Schools score
overall 56 C−
6
My Old Kentucky Home, also Federal Hill Mansion
Bardstown$204k median · 20.5 min commute
Schools C−Cost of living B+Residents inactive
56
Schools score
overall 56 C−
7
Downtown Jeffersonville Indiana viewed from the Big 4 Bridge
Jeffersonville$217k median · 20.0 min commute
Schools D+Cost of living BResidents inactive
49
Schools score
overall 60 C
8
New town hall of Clarksville, Indiana.
Clarksville$180k median · 18.7 min commute
Schools DCost of living B−Residents inactive
46
Schools score
overall 57 C−
9
Photograph of historical Main Street
Shelbyville$257k median · 26.9 min commute
Schools DCost of living BResidents inactive
44
Schools score
overall 53 C−
10
Shively$155k median · 25.7 min commute
Schools D−Cost of living A−Residents inactive
38
Schools score
overall 48 D+
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: La Grange (NearEMPTiness · CC BY-SA 4.0); New Albany (Mikehallna · CC BY-SA 4.0); Shepherdsville (W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0); Bardstown (Firthpond1700 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Jeffersonville (Censusdata · CC BY-SA 4.0); Clarksville (Bedford · Public domain); Shelbyville (J.Merideth · Public domain).