education
Pulaski Early Child Enrollment
Preschool
3 - and 4-year olds with disabilities
At-risk 4-year-olds at or below 160 % of the federal poverty level ( FPL )
Other
Head Start
3- and 4-year-olds with disabilities
3-4-year-olds income eligible
Other
77.4 %
43.5 %
54.5 %
2.1 %
21.1 %
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Kentucky Education Facts Published : 9 / 22 / 2022
STUDENTS Number of public-school students – 638,236
Ethnicity of public-school students – White ( Non-Hispanic )– 475,453 African American – 68,784 Hispanic – 50,554 Asian – 12,295 Hawaiian / Pacific Islander – 908 Native American – 834 ( SRC calls this demographic American Indian OR Alaska Native ) Two or More Races – 29,545
Pre-kindergarten ( preschool ) children enrolled in statefunded programs – 21,351
( Source : KDE 2019-2020 Fall / Spring Counts )
Number of students enrolled in Head Start programs – 15,733
Number of exceptional children ages 3-5 – 2019-2020:18,564 2018-2019 : 18,232 2020-2021 : 15,151
Number of exceptional children ages 6-21 – 2019-2020 : 90,041 2018-2019 : 87,927 2020-2021 : 90,558
Students qualifying for Gifted & Talented services 2020- 2021
Primary Talent Pool ( K-3 ): 22,556 Formal ID ( grades 4-12 ): 64,390 2019-2020
Primary Talent Pool ( K-3 ): 27,408 Formal ID ( grades 4-12 ): 68,882
2018-2019 Primary Talent Pool ( K-3 ): 26,448 Formal ID ( grades 4-12 ): 71,115 2017-2018 Primary Talent Pool ( K-3 ): 26,729 Formal ID ( grades 4-12 ): 71,305
Percent of individuals eligible for free or reduced-price meals in public schools – K-12 students reported to KDE as of the last day of enrollment in the school year ) – 60.5 %
Student Transitions – College - 18.5 % Technical Training - 0.7 % Military - 2.1 %
Working – 28 % Work-School Combination – 35.6 % Other - 15 %
Students receiving immigrant services – 6,842 Number of students served by FRYSCs – 475,565 Number of students served in Extended School Services programs during the school year – 103,648 Students receiving English Language Services – 34,086 Languages , other than English , spoken at home by English Language Services students – Total unique languages – 144 Total Students Home Language Spanish – 20,208 Total Students Home Language Arabic – 1,553 Total Students Home Language Somali – 941 Total Students Home Language Swahili – 1,926 Total Students Home Language Nepali – 797 Total Students Home Language Japanese – 337 Total Students Home Language Other – 7,974 Students to modern high-performance computers ratio – 0.67:1 ( One computer to every . 67 students ) Students with internet access beyond the school campus – 98 % Source for internet access data Number of homeschooled students – 27,073 ( Data is self-reported by the school districts via the Declaration of Participation collection .)
State dropout rate – 7th – 12th grade Dropout Rate 2019-2020 : 1.1 2018-2019 : 1.3 9th – 12th grade Dropout Rate 2019-2020 : 1.4 2018-2019 : 1.8
State retention rate – 1.2 % grades 4-12 State attendance rate ( 2018-2019 ) – 94.2 % ( 2018-2019 is the most recent data . 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 data is not available due to COVID-19 ) ) State graduation rate – 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate 2019-2020 : 91.1 2018-2019 : 90.6 2017-2018 : 90.3 2020-2021 : 90.2
5-Year Cohort Graduation Rate 2019-2020 : 92.0 2018-2019 : 91.6 2020-2021 : 92.3
TEACHERS / ADMINISTRATORS / STAFF Number of public school teachers – teachers ( 2019-2020 SRC ) White – 40,399 Minority – 2,217
SOURCE : www . education . ky . gov /
30 2023-2024 Pulaski Community snapshot l a special publication of the Commonwealth Journal