SECONDARY EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY

 
  
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
   
   
  
  
   
       
  

Schools and Types of Organization. There are 716 high schools
in Kentucky. This number is in contrast to 738 operating last year,
808 five years ago. and 848 eight years ago. This means a decrease of . ‘
132 high schools in eight years. . 1,: {l !

 

0f the 716 high schools now operating, 643 are complete organiza-
tions; i. e., they otter a program of studies through the twelfth grade.
Forty-four per cent of the complete high schools are organized on the
six-year basis (grades 7—12). This represents an increase of l6 in
the number of six-year high schools during the past year. The '3!
number of four-year organizations (grades 9—12) has decreased 13 in
number during the same period. The number of junior high schools
(grades 7—9) is 36. Twenty-one of them are found in independent
districts While fifteen are located in county districts. There are only , _ .
eleven senior high schools, grades 10—12. All are in independent ‘ . ' i
districts except one which is a private high school. »

 

The following table presents data regarding the number of the
Various types of high school organizations found in Kentucky:

TABLE I
TYpes of High School Organizations and Number of Each

  

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

  
   

 
   
   
   
    
 
   

 

 

Types Of County Independent Private State and '
Organizations Districts Districts Schools Regional Total
Grades 223 110 i 16 6 360
Grades 146 64 49 2 261
Grades 0 10 1 0
Grades 5 2 4 0
Grades 15 21 0 0
Grades 4 n 1 0
Grades 9 3 i o 0
Grades 1 0 l 0 0
Grades 16 1 l 0 0
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The above table not only Shows the number of different types of

hlgh SC11001 organizations but it also indicates the number of high
Schools 11116181“ different types of control—county districts, independent
iSmCtSv private, state, and regional. It will be observed that 425
lugil SChOOlS Of all types are operated by county boards of education 4
Willie 212 are maintained by independent districts. Seventy—one are ‘

      
       
     
     
 
 

 
 

  

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