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Educational Rating: (100 is Best)

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 679,878
NUMBER OF Kentucky SCHOOLS 1,475
NUMBER OF Kentucky SCHOOL DISTRICTS 178
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($) 8,779
State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Reading Proficiency 76.0
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency 72.0
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency 71.0
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency 69.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency 66.0
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency 65.0
Grade 10 Reading Proficiency 60.0
MATH TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Math Proficiency 66.0
Grade 4 Math Proficiency 60.0
Grade 5 Math Proficiency 59.0
Grade 6 Math Proficiency 55.0
Grade 7 Math Proficiency 51.0
Grade 8 Math Proficiency 49.0
Grade 11 Math Proficiency 39.0
School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 86.3 57.0
BLACK (%) 10.6 17.2
HISPANIC (%) 2.0 19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 0.9 4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.2 1.2
SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 49.5 41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%) 1.6 7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%) 15.8 12.2

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

16.02
15.62
AVG FOR STATE
AVG FOR NATION
Kentucky Educational Environment
POPULATION STATE NATION
POPULATION 4,204,502 299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 104 84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE STATE NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.4% 36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.9% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 13.0% 12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS STATE NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 1,670,610 112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN 11.8% 11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 79.0% 85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 19.9% 28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION STATE NATION
$150,000 or more 3.6% 6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.0% 10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.4% 11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.7% 21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.1% 16.7%
$15,000 or less 19.9% 13.8%
Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,563 $3,102,318,035 52.0
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $316 $214,671,026 3.6
STAFF $426 $289,714,586 4.8
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $172 $116,716,573 2.0
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $418 $283,987,352 4.8
OPERATION $716 $486,639,384 8.2
TRANSPORTATION $438 $297,615,111 5.0
OTHER $175 $118,703,385 2.0
TOTAL SUPPORT $2,659 $1,808,047,417 30.3
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,557 $1,058,455,517 17.7
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $8,779 $5,968,820,969 100.0
FOR THE NATION PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,582 $274,180,000,000 53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $475 $23,356,970,935 4.5
STAFF $446 $21,924,659,888 4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $181 $8,920,041,056 1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $514 $25,277,042,259 4.9
OPERATION $902 $44,320,216,892 8.6
TRANSPORTATION $384 $18,864,068,868 3.7
OTHER $294 $14,465,936,592 2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT $3,199 $157,129,000,000 30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,687 $82,900,118,526 16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,469 $514,209,000,000 100.0

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