Kentucky School for the Blind District operates 1 public schools serving 71 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kentucky. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jefferson County.
a 63:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 39.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.6% White, 17.5% African American, 15.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kentucky School for the Blind, enrolling 63 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Kentucky School for the Blind accounts for 88.7% of all Kentucky School for the Blind District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kentucky School for the Blind District a distant remainder — means Kentucky School for the Blind District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Kentucky School for the Blind District student-counselor ratio is 63:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Kentucky School for the Blind District chronic absenteeism rate is 39.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Kentucky School for the Blind District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Kentucky School for the Blind District?
Kentucky School for the Blind District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 71 students.
What is the demographic composition of Kentucky School for the Blind District?
Kentucky School for the Blind District students are 55.6% White, 17.5% African American, 15.9% Asian, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.