NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Paintsville, KY

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6 public K-12 schools in Paintsville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,590
Students
40.3/100
Avg Resource Index
24:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system under staffing pressure

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Paintsville has more public-school enrollment than 22% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Paintsville has fewer enrolled students than most listed city systems, but its student-teacher ratio still falls on the more crowded side of the national distribution. That pairing rules out a simple “large city” explanation for the staffing load. Campus size, grade configuration, vacancies, and district boundaries become the more relevant questions; the profiles below expose those fields school by school without turning the ratio into a quality verdict.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Paintsville's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Paintsville's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 47th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 3rd percentile. The 44-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 78%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
47th percentile
Teacher staffing
3rd percentile

Johnson Central High School accounts for 34.3% of all Paintsville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Paintsville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Paintsville school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities

Paintsville school enrollment ranges from 160 students (lowest) to 888 students (highest), a spread of 728 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Paintsville reports 57.8% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Paintsville student-teacher ratio is 24.0:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Johnson Central High School 45
2. Paintsville Elementary School 43
3. Paintsville High School 43
4. Johnson County Middle School 41
5. Central Elementary School 35
6. Johnson County Eagle Academy 35

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Which Paintsville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Johnson Central High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Paintsville schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Paintsville, KY? ▼

Paintsville has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,590 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 24:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.