From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Report: Negro School Districts and Their Needs by L. N. Taylor
In 1938, L. N. Taylor was supervisor of Negro Rural Education. The department was in the Division of Negro Education within the Kentucky Department of Education. Taylor prepared a report that ranked the Kentucky cities and counties with the largest Negro school census. Below is a table with the schools, and the ranks and needs of the schools, taken from pp.1-2 of the report. For more see the report titled "Negro school districts and their needs by L. N. Taylor," found in Box 27 of the Kentucky Education Collection, Series 1, file title: School for Deaf and Dumb, School for Feeble Minded Children, School for blind, Special Ed., School for Negroes, Catholics. See also NKAA entries for African American Schools.
| RANK | CITY | SCHOOL CENSUS | H. S. RANK |
| 1 | Louisville | 9350 | A |
| 2 | Lexington | 2711 | A |
| 3 | Paducah | 1368 | A |
| 4 | Hopkinsville | 1034 | A |
| 5 | Madisonville | 998 | A |
| 6 | Henderson | 768 | A |
| 7 | Covington | 687 | A |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 614 | A |
| 9 | Lynch | 610 | A |
| 10 | Owensboro | 592 | A |
| 11 | Danville | 467 | A |
| 12 | Richmond | 467 | A |
| 13 | Jenkins | 462 | BE |
| 14 | Harlan | 461 | B |
| 15 | Russellville | 455 | BT |
| 16 | Paris | 418 | A |
| 17 | Earlington | 381 | B |
| 18 | Middlesboro | 348 | A |
| 19 | Frankfort | 335 | A |
| 20 | Maysville | 335 | A |
| 21 | Princeton | 335 | BE |
| 22 | Providence | 302 | B |
| RANK | COUNTY | SCHOOL CENSUS | H. S. NEEDS |
| 1 | Christian | 1837 | Transportation to Hopkinsville |
| 2 | Fayette | 1106 | Continue transportation |
| 3 | Harlan | 948 | Consolidation |
| 4 | Logan | 886 | Consolidation |
| 5 | Fulton | 838 | Transportation to Hickman |
| 6 | Jefferson | 801 | Continue transportation |
| 7 | Madison | 744 | Transportation to Richmond |
| 8 | Trigg | 684 | Building and transportation |
| 9 | Warren | 684 | Transportation to Bowling Green |
| 10 | Todd | 678 | Building and transportation |
| 11 | Henderson | 633 | Transportation to Henderson |
| 12 | Union | 573 | Building and transportation |
| 13 | Barren | 524 | Building and transportation |
| 14 | Bourbon | 516 | Transportation to Paris |
| 15 | Perry | 406 | Transportation to Hazard |
| 16 | Scott | 402 | Transportation to Georgetown |
| 17 | Green | 366 | Transportation to Accredited High School |
| 18 | Montgomery | 382 | Consolidation |
| 19 | Mason | 381 | Transportation to Maysville |
| 20 | Lincoln | 342 | Transportation to Accredited High School |
| 21 | Shelby | 316 | Transportation to Accredited High School |