Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Kentucky Education Fact Sheet Updated

The Kentucky Education Facts Sheet has been updated with figures from the most recent school year. The Fact Sheet includes basic information about Kentucky's public schools, students, staff, funding and state and federal P-12 education programs.

Some highlights:

Number of school districts: 174 (28 female superintendents; 146 male; 2 minorities) [2007-08]

Number of public schools: 1,238
Elementary -- 751
Middle -- 222
Elementary/middle -- 3
HIgh -- 225
Entering Primary-12th -- 6
Preschool -- 30
9th Grade -- 1

Number of public school teachers: 42,683
White -- 96%
\Minority -- 4%;
Male -- 21%;
Female -- 79%) [2005-06]

Number of public school students:668,337
Ethnicity of public school students
White - 84.2%
African American - 10.6%
Hispanic - 2%
Asian - less than 1%
Native American - less than 1%
Other - 1.7%

Average teacher salary
$43,275 [2005-06]

Average per-pupil current expense spending: $7,914 [2005-06]

Total SEEK budget: $2.681 billion [FY 2007]

Total P-12 state education revenue: $4.209 billion [FY 2007]

Total P-12 federal education revenue: $704 million [2005-06]

Total P-12 local education revenue: $1.783 billion [2005-06]

Number of local school board seats: 874

Gender breakdown of local school board members
Male - 539 (62%)
Female - 334 (38%)
Not Reported - 1 (less than 1%)

Racial breakdown of local school board members
White - 813 (93%)
Non-White - 37 (4%)
Not reported - 24 (3%)

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