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Letcher County Central High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
435 Cougar Dr
Whitesburg, KY 41858
Phone
(606) 633-2339
District
Letcher County
County
LETCHER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
779
Classroom Teachers
54

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

8

(10 is best)

Better than 79.6% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Letcher County Central High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
51%
40%
53%
45%
49%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 182 23.4%
Grade 10 211 27.1%
Grade 11 189 24.3%
Grade 12 196 25.2%
Total 779 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.8% 98.2% 76.7%
Black 0.4% 0.5% 11.5%
Hispanic 1.3% 0.9% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.3% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 61.5% 62.5% 57.3%
Free lunch eligible 61.5% 62.5% 54.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,749 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 59.9 114
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.1% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.4% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.0% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 20.7% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,296 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 78.4% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.9% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.4% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.2% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.4% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.8% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.5% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 20.2% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,949 $20,635,000 52.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $700 $1,818,000 4.6%
Staff $389 $1,010,000 2.5%
General Administration $327 $849,000 2.1%
School Administration $708 $1,838,000 4.6%
Operation $1,543 $4,006,000 10.1%
Transportation $852 $2,211,000 5.6%
Other $289 $751,000 1.9%
Total Support $4,809 $12,483,000 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,540 $6,594,000 16.6%
Total Expenditures $15,297 $39,712,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,206 $4,756,220,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $653 $431,000,000 4.7%
Staff $636 $419,649,000 4.6%
General Administration $271 $178,736,000 1.9%
School Administration $732 $482,815,000 5.3%
Operation $986 $650,768,000 7.1%
Transportation $576 $380,254,000 4.1%
Other $356 $235,292,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,210 $2,778,514,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,506 $1,654,224,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,922 $9,188,958,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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