Shelby County Public Schools is preparing wise students who master standards, lead by example, and embrace social responsibility. Close to 7,000 students enjoy a well-rounded education with outstanding opportunities.
Some of our top priorities include personalized learning, college and career readiness, and technical education. In our elementary schools, strong relationships are built through houses, teams, and families. Sports programs like football, basketball, softball, track and field, volleyball, and lacrosse offer students extracurricular opportunities. We have award-winning VEX Robotics teams, band, theatre arts, visual arts, Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, Rising Educators, Junior Home Builders Association, Black Achievers, and more!
The SCPS Profile of a Graduate was created by our community as a vision statement describing the expectations our community believes are required of successful leaders who graduate from our district. Being a critical thinker, a responsible collaborator, an inspired innovator, a global citizen, a lifelong learner, and an effective communicator are competencies that students strive to become. They demonstrate their learning in these competencies during their defenses of learning at the end of their fifth, eighth, and twelfth-grade years.
Shelby County is located 30 miles from Louisville, KY, and 60 miles from Lexington, KY. Our community has a few small towns with big hearts and we are the Saddlebred Capital of the World.