Ashland Head Start

Ashland Head Start is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Ashland, Kentucky, one of the schools within Ashland Independent. The school serves 191 students in grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Within Ashland Independent, which oversees 9 schools and 3,083 students, Ashland Head Start is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Ashland Head Start reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest comes out to 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Boyd County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Boyd County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,118, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Ashland Head Start is one of 25 public schools in Boyd County (combined enrollment of about 6,634 students).

The closest other public school is Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus B, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Ashland Head Start operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ashland Head Start's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 171 (now 191). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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