NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Paris, KY

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

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9
Schools
3,288
Students
42.2/100
Avg Resource Index
17.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Paris has more public-school enrollment than 33% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Paris sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Paris's list includes 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Paris lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 66 to 764 students, a 12-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 67%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
56th percentile
Teacher staffing
30th percentile

Bourbon County High School accounts for 23.2% of all Paris public-school enrollment

That concentration means Paris-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

Paris school enrollment varies 12× across entities

Paris school enrollment ranges from 66 students (lowest) to 764 students (highest), a spread of 698 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Paris reports 61.7% 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

Paris student-teacher ratio is 17.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Paris is typically wider than the Paris-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Cane Ridge Elementary School 58
2. Bourbon County Middle School 50
3. Paris Middle School 50
4. Paris Elementary School 49
5. Bourbon County High School 45
6. Paris High School 44
7. Bourbon Central Elementary School 42
8. Bourbon County Preschool Headstart 21
9. Paris Preschool Center 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Paris

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Paris High School 68.6/100
  2. 2 Paris Preschool Center 68.3/100
  3. 3 Paris Middle School 65.8/100
  4. 4 Paris Elementary School 64.0/100
  5. 5 Bourbon County Preschool Headstart 49.1/100

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Which Paris school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cane Ridge Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Paris schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Paris, KY? ▼

Paris has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,288 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.4:1.

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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.