LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Four Kentucky elementary schools met the criteria to be named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education, according to a release from the Kentucky Department of Education.

They will be honored Dec. 4 at a Kentucky Board of Education meeting.

The schools ordinarily would have been recognized by the 43-year-old federal program in a ceremony in Washington, D.C.; however, just before the announcement naming the 2025 National Blue Ribbon Schools was to be made, the program was canceled. The KDE said states were informed of the decision in an Aug. 28 letter.

The schools being recognized include:

Graves County Central Elementary School

Tamarack Elementary School (Daviess County)

Maxwell Immersion Spanish Elementary School (Fayette County)

Meadowthorp

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