School district · Kentucky
McCracken County
McCracken County in Kentucky: 14 public schools with 6,780 students and 16.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,998 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 6,780
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- KY 15.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,998
- KY $14.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 419
- Counselors (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per counselor
- 357
- KY 320 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 3.0
- Librarians (FTE): 10.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kentucky: 48%63%proficient
+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 91% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 47% · 170 school districts compared
2,978 students tested, grades 3–8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%56%proficient
+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 41% · 170 school districts compared
2,979 students tested, grades 3–8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 15% · $15.6M
- State
- 46% · $47.3M
- Local
- 39% · $41M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,618
- Support services
- $4,368
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $10.8M
- Long-term debt
- $86.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concord Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 606 | 15.5 | 66% | 61% |
Heath Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 498 | 13.8 | 68% | 65% |
Hendron Lone Oak Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 498 | 15.6 | 71% | 65% |
Lone Oak Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 495 | 15.6 | 75% | 74% |
Lone Oak Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 437 | 16.8 | 65% | 43% |
Reidland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 548 | 14.4 | 69% | 68% |
Reidland Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 228 | 14.1 | 51% | 53% |
Heath Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 433 | 18.2 | 62% | 55% |
Lone Oak Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 702 | 14.8 | 68% | 61% |
Reidland Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 350 | 14.9 | 51% | 43% |
McCracken County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,882 | 18.3 | — | — |
McCracken Open Campus SchoolAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for all | K–12 | 72 | 36.0 | — | — |
McCracken Regional SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 4–12 | 31 | 31.0 | — | — |
West KY Technical CollegeCareer and technical | Ungraded | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 300 Cumberland Avenue, Paducah, KY 42001
- Phone
- (270)538-4000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.