Purchase Youth Village
Public school, grades 1 to 12 · Benton, Kentucky
Purchase Youth Village in Benton, Kentucky enrolled 22 students in 2024-25 with 3.0 full-time teachers, 7.3 students per teacher against the Kentucky median of 15.4. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, under 50% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Kentucky: 38.4%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 4% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 50%
23 students in 2022-23, 23 students in 2023-24, 22 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 2.0 to 3.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 23 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 2023-24 | 23 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 2024-25 | 22 | 3.0 | 7.3 |
7.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 82 of every 100 Kentucky schools of this kind
Among the 90 Kentucky schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 15.4; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 120 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Purchase Youth Village enrolled 24 students and had 0.2 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.2, one per 120 of the 24 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absentnot reported for this school
Who attends
81.8% of students were White, 9.1% Black, 9.1% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White81.8%
- Black9.1%
- Two or more races9.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Purchase Youth Village scored proficient or above: under 50% in math, against 38.4% in math across Kentucky. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Kentucky, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.
| Subject | This school | Its district | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | under 50% | 34% (2021-22) | 38.4% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
What to look at next about Purchase Youth Village
- Calloway County Preschool CenterThe nearest public school of this kind, 17 miles away: 167 students, 20.9 per teacher (2024-25).17 mi
- Murray Preschool Head StartThe next nearest public school of this kind, 18 miles away: 105 students, 15.0 per teacher (2024-25).18 mi
- Compare Purchase Youth Village with Calloway County Preschool CenterStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Marshall County Schools spends per student$14,559 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,559
- The largest public schools in KentuckyPurchase Youth Village is the number 90 by size of 98 Kentucky schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#90 of 98
- Kentucky schools by students per teacher7.3 students per teacher here against the Kentucky median of 15.4 for schools of this kind.7.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Purchase Youth Village
How many students attend Purchase Youth Village?
22 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 23 in 2022-23. It is an alternative school in Benton, KY.What is the student-teacher ratio at Purchase Youth Village?
7.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Kentucky median for schools of this kind is 15.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Purchase Youth Village a Title I school?
Purchase Youth Village was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Purchase Youth Village do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Purchase Youth Village scored proficient or above: under 50% in math, against 38.4% in math across Kentucky. Kentucky's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Purchase Youth Village in?
Marshall County Schools, NCES district ID 2103810. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 210381002445 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.