Ashland Head Start

This page covers Ashland Head Start, a small elementary school in Ashland, Kentucky. The latest federal count shows 191 students in pre-K. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is about 421 students, so this school is 55% smaller than average.

The 9 schools in Ashland Independent enroll 3,083 students altogether, Ashland Head Start among them.

White students are the large majority at Ashland Head Start, with 84% of enrollment. Next come 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That compares with about 93% White among all Boyd County residents. By the diversity index, Ashland Head Start comes in at 28%.

At Ashland Head Start, 11 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1. Roughly 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 63% average for public schools in Boyd County is 16 points lower.

In Boyd County (population about 47,911), median household income is about $61,118, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ashland Head Start is one of 25 public schools in Boyd County, which together enroll about 6,634 students.

The shortest distance from Ashland Head Start to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus B. The five-mile area around Ashland Head Start holds at least 8 other public schools.

Federal data place Ashland Head Start in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 124 to 191. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.3:1 to 17.4:1.

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