Records and Notable Events
- Of the top 20 scores, the old 4A/new 5A class has by far the most with 17 (85%), 3A has 3 (15%).
- Four of the top 20 scores were by runner-ups.
- Lafayette has more top 20 scores than any other school, with 11 (55%); Dunbar is second with 3 (15%), while North Hardin and Harrison County are third with 2 each (10%).
- There has been one tie score for State Champion. 87.50 in 1990 between Dixie Heights and Harrison County. Harrison held a short lead in semi-finals. Regardless of the tie score according to KMEA rules Dixie was awarded the Championship by way of Overall Music Score. 35 out of a possible 40 to Harrison's 34.40.
- The longest winning streak is held by Lafayette with 13 consecutive championships (1990–2002), followed by Adair County with 10 consecutive championships including wins in A, AA, and AAA.
- The Adair County Band has won more state championships than any other, claiming their 20th in 2011.
- 12 schools have been in finals 10 or more times.
- Only 2 schools have been in finals each of the 26 years of its existence (Adair County and Lafayette).
- Only 2 schools Adair County (1A, 2A, 3A) and Paul Laurence Dunbar (3A, 4A, 5A) have been state champion in three different classes.
- Since the adoption of the current five class format, only one school has won class 4A (Madisonville-North Hopkins High School).
- 32 schools have won a state championship.
- 8 schools have won 5 or more state championships (Adair County, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Elizabethtown, Harrison County, Lafayette, Madisonville-North Hopkins, Beechwood and Williamstown).
- Only 5 schools have won more than 5 state championships (Adair County, Lafayette, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Harrison County and Madisonville-North Hopkins).
- 2009 was the first and only season in which all champions repeated.
- Currently, Madisonville North Hopkins has the longest on going winning streak with 8 state championships.
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