KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
Boys made up 53% of the county student body, while the other 47% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 67.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in McCracken County schools, followed by 16.8% of Black students, 8.1% of multiracial students and 6.4% of Hispanic students.
McCracken County High School had the highest enrollment among McCracken County’s 20 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 2,112 students.
Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.
Kentucky is in the midst of a statewide teacher shortage as turnover rates spiked to 10.9% in 2023, up from an 8.9% nine-year average. This issue is more prominent in schools with more low-income and minority students.
Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.
| School Name | Total Enrollment in 2022 | Total Enrollment in 2023 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCracken County High School | 2,095 | 2,112 | 0.8% |
| Paducah Tilghman High School | 943 | 936 | -0.7% |
| Lone Oak Middle School | 853 | 837 | -1.9% |
| Paducah Middle School | 727 | 717 | -1.4% |
| Concord Elementary School | 673 | 668 | -0.7% |
| Clark Elementary School | 633 | 649 | 2.5% |
| Reidland Elementary School | 638 | 641 | 0.5% |
| Lone Oak Elementary School | 538 | 568 | 5.6% |
| Hendron Lone Oak Elementary School | 524 | 543 | 3.6% |
| Heath Elementary School | 503 | 513 | 2% |
| Heath Middle School | 455 | 442 | -2.9% |
| Lone Oak Intermediate School | 456 | 440 | -3.6% |
| Morgan Elementary School | 403 | 415 | 3% |
| McNabb Elementary School | 412 | 360 | -14.4% |
| Reidland Middle School | 360 | 356 | -1.1% |
| McCracken Regional School | 248 | 355 | 43.1% |
| McCracken Open Campus School | 239 | 279 | 16.7% |
| Paducah Head Start Preschool | 229 | 276 | 20.5% |
| Reidland Intermediate School | 235 | 236 | 0.4% |
| Choices Educational Center | 120 | 128 | 6.7% |
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