Composite ACT Score: 22.1 Proficient in Reading: 28% Distinguished in Reading: 35% Proficient in Math: 28% Distinguished in Math: 29%.

The application window for the 2026-2027 school year for Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is:

November 3, 2025, to December 19, 2025

If Atherton is not your reside or choice school and you wish to apply you MUST select to the Atherton-International Baccalaureate/International Studies selection for first choice. Atherton cannot consider any requests for applications if Atherton is not listed as a first choice school. If you do not list Atherton as a first choice school, determine another school as your next-best second choice; do not list Atherton as a second choice.

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Atherton High's Rising Star: Ruby Korman's Path to Aerospace Engineering — Academies of Louisville AllianceOn a chilly December day in 2024, while most Atherton High School students were busy preparing for final exams, Ruby Korman found herself back at her alma mater—not as a student, but as a guest lecturer. Although she should have been a junior at Atherton, Ruby is currently thriving in her first year

Ruby's Story

Scout Tarquinio: Designing a Future Through Critical Thinking and a Lens for Sports — Academies of Louisville AllianceScout Tarquinio’s path to a professional career began not just in a classroom, but in a real-world design studio. A graduate of Atherton High School’s Graphic Design pathway, Scout secured a competitive apprenticeship with Sign-a-Rama Downtown, the key business partner for the school’s pathway. Now

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J. M. Atherton High School has a rich heritage of academic achievement and cultural appreciation. With more than 75 years of academic excellence, community service, and student merit, Atherton truly transcends the classic perspective of a school by living within its students, staff, and community and becoming the living school.

May the classic Atherton motto of scholarship, service, and self-respect become the heritage of all who have and will pass through J. M. Atherton High School.

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