State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Kentucky Kentucky Department of Education, 500 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY 40601	Download, view and print Kentucky's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Commissioner Wilmer S. Cody, (502) 564-31412
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison William White, (502) 564-3141
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Robin Morley, (502) 564-2020

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


642,696	656,089	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,399	1,407	Public schools
35,239	39,331	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
40,409	40,409	Land area in square miles
15.9	16.2	Public school students per square mile
3.5	3.5	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

3,683	3,882	State population (in thousands)
$2,003	$3,846	State revenue per capita
$1,866	$3,313	State expenditure per capita
$394	$628	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$84,394	$134,985	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	258	100%	258	Total public education agencies
69.0%	178	68.2%	176	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
30.2%	78	31.0%	80	State-operated agencies
0.8%	2	0.8%	2	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.4%	1	0.4%	1	100 or more schools
1.2%	3	1.2%	3	25 to 99 schools
14.3%	37	14.0%	36	10 to 24 schools
25.6%	66	27.5%	71	5 to 9 schools
27.5%	71	25.2%	65	1 to 4 schools
31.0%	80	31.8%	82	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,399	100%	1,407	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
94.6%	1,323	94.8%	1,334	Regular schools
1.4%	19	0.6%	8	Special education schools
1.4%	19	0.8%	11	Vocational schools
2.7%	38	3.8%	54	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

40.3%	564	48.5%	682	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
19.4%	272	6.5%	92	PK, K, 1 to 8
9.0%	126	12.4%	175	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
4.1%	58	2.9%	41	7 to 8, 9
4.0%	56	4.8%	68	7, 8 to 12
14.6%	204	15.4%	216	9, 10, 11 to 12
4.4%	61	4.1%	58	Other grades
2.4%	34	0.6%	9	Ungraded
1.7%	24	4.7%	66	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


�	19,428	Prekindergarten
49,206	46,450	Kindergarten
54,536	48,209	First
51,388	47,697	Second
49,491	54,703	Third
48,446	47,018	Fourth
48,325	46,850	Fifth
46,636	48,695	Sixth
47,250	49,675	Seventh
44,641	49,641	Eighth
51,188	55,989	Ninth
49,605	48,867	Tenth
47,244	43,346	Eleventh
41,586	38,460	Twelfth
13,154	11,061	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

�	�	Students in special education with IEPs
�	40.3%	School membership eligible for free lunch
�	24.7%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

99.6%	36,948	100.0%	36,641	Regular diploma
0.3%	104		�	Other diploma
	�		�	High school equivalency
0.2%	60		�	Other completers
	�		�	Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

220	266.6	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
39.8%	43.5%	Students below basic level
60.2%	56.5%	Students at or above basic level
15.6%	15.7%	Students at or above proficient level
1.2%	1.4%	Students at advanced level
�	147.3	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	42.4%	Students below basic level
	57.6%	Students at or above basic level
	23.1%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.5%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	69,192	100%	74,880	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
50.9%	35,239	52.5%	39,331	Teachers
7.5%	5,182	10.6%	7,947	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.3%	915	1.7%	1,272	Guidance counselors/directors
2.1%	1,443	2.4%	1,766	Librarians/library support
8.7%	6,054	6.6%	4,930	Administrative support
25.0%	17,325	21.8%	16,304	Other support services
				Administrators
2.4%	1,640	2.5%	1,903	School-based
2.0%	1,394	1.9%	1,427	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.3%	0.1%	Public school teachers with no degree
24.4%	23.6%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
50.4%	56.8%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
25.0%	19.5%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$58,350	$96,377	National school lunch
$14,250	$27,526	National school breakfast
$72,631	$135,792	Title I
$25,339	$59,480	Education for the handicapped
$17,894	$24,676	Vocational and adult education
$12,353	$28,078	School improvement
$1,317	$498	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$195	$154	Bilingual education
�	�	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$1,819,222	$3,794,129	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$2,831	$5,783	Revenue per pupil in membership
$1,741,799	$3,382,062	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$2,710	$5,155	Current expenditure per pupil in membership