Bourbon County Preschool Headstart

Bourbon County Preschool Headstart is one of the public schools in Paris, Kentucky. It is a small elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K and enrolls 198 students. That is 53% below the average of about 421 students for elementary schools in Kentucky.

Bourbon County Preschool Headstart reports to Bourbon County, which has 6 schools and 2,557 students.

White students are 68% of those enrolled at Bourbon County Preschool Headstart. Next come 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 85% White among all Bourbon County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.

Bourbon County Preschool Headstart reports a ratio of 22.0 students per teacher, from 9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 22.0:1 compares with an average of 15.4:1 for elementary schools in Kentucky. Lunch program data show 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 66% average for public schools in Bourbon County is 11 points lower.

In Bourbon County, home to about 20,240 people, the median household earns about $61,354 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bourbon County number 10, with about 3,416 students.

Among nearby public schools, Bourbon Central Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Locale data from NCES put Bourbon County Preschool Headstart in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).

Enrollment increased 7% over 4 years, reaching 198 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.8:1 to 22.0:1.

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