State overview
Kentucky
173 NCES district and charter agencies · 653,691 students in the linked federal file
Students missing too much school
28%
Share of students reported chronically absent in the latest comparable federal data.
What stands out
Chronic absence is higher than in a typical state.
28% of students were chronically absent in the latest comparable data. Spending was 1% below a typical state. Open a local profile below to see how much results vary within Kentucky.
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Return to the national view →Anchorage IndependentAnchorage · NCES 21000903%chronically absent · 2022–23Fort Thomas IndependentFort Thomas · NCES 21020405%chronically absent · 2022–23Campbell CountyAlexandria · NCES 21009007.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Beechwood IndependentFort Mitchell · NCES 21003608.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Murray IndependentMurray · NCES 210438010.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Oldham CountyBuckner · NCES 210453011.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Hickman CountyClinton · NCES 210279012.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Kenton CountyIndependence · NCES 210309013.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Walton-Verona IndependentWalton · NCES 210570014%chronically absent · 2022–23Burgin IndependentBurgin · NCES 210078014.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Boone CountyFlorence · NCES 210051015%chronically absent · 2022–23Graves CountyFancy Farm · NCES 210228015%chronically absent · 2022–23Calloway CountyMurray · NCES 210087015.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Bowling Green IndependentBowling Green · NCES 210057015.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Boyle CountyDanville · NCES 210063016%chronically absent · 2022–23Carlisle CountyBardwell · NCES 210096016.2%chronically absent · 2022–23McCracken CountyPaducah · NCES 210396016.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Marshall CountyBenton · NCES 210381016.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Woodford CountyVersailles · NCES 210600017.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Williamstown IndependentWilliamstown · NCES 210594017.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Shelby CountyShelbyville · NCES 210532018.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Warren CountyAlvaton · NCES 210573018.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Ballard CountyBarlow · NCES 210021018.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Eminence IndependentFort Knox · NCES 210171018.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Lyon CountyEddyville · NCES 210369019%chronically absent · 2022–23Robertson CountyMount Olivet · NCES 210504019%chronically absent · 2022–23Pikeville IndependentPikeville · NCES 210483019.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Crittenden CountyMarion · NCES 210138019.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Mercer CountyHarrodsburg · NCES 210411019.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Southgate IndependentSouthgate · NCES 210546019.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Henderson CountyCorydon · NCES 210271020%chronically absent · 2022–23Ludlow IndependentLudlow · NCES 210363020%chronically absent · 2022–23Harrison CountyCynthiana · NCES 210258020.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Daviess CountyOwensboro · NCES 210147020.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Raceland-Worthington IndependentRaceland · NCES 210498020.7%chronically absent · 2022–23LaRue CountyHodgenville · NCES 210318020.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Scott CountyGeorgetown · NCES 210526020.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Jessamine CountyNicholasville · NCES 210303020.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Pendleton CountyButler · NCES 210474021.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Christian CountyHopkinsville · NCES 210115021.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Hopkins CountyMadisonville · NCES 210286021.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Russell IndependentRussell · NCES 210513021.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Hancock CountyLewisport · NCES 210246021.5%chronically absent · 2022–23East Bernstadt IndependentEast Bernstadt · NCES 210159021.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Monroe CountyGamaliel · NCES 210420021.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Butler CountyMorgantown · NCES 210081022.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Washington CountySpringfield · NCES 210576022.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Caldwell CountyPrinceton · NCES 210084022.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Glasgow IndependentGlasgow · NCES 210222023.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Mayfield IndependentMayfield · NCES 210390023.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Paducah IndependentPaducah · NCES 210465023.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Erlanger-Elsmere IndependentErlanger · NCES 210174023.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Science Hill IndependentScience Hill · NCES 210522023.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Hardin CountyElizabethtown · NCES 210249023.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Barren CountyLucas · NCES 210030023.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Corbin IndependentCorbin · NCES 210132023.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Bellevue IndependentBellevue · NCES 210042023.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Bullitt CountyShepherdsville · NCES 210075023.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Spencer CountyTaylorsville · NCES 210549023.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Cumberland CountyBurkesville · NCES 210141023.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Fulton CountyHickman · NCES 210210023.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Franklin CountyFrankfort · NCES 210201024.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Covington IndependentCovington · NCES 210135024.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Marion CountyLebanon · NCES 210378024.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Fleming CountyWallingford · NCES 210192024.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Logan CountyAdairville · NCES 210354024.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Owensboro IndependentOwensboro · NCES 210459024.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Nelson CountyBloomfield · NCES 210441024.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Bardstown IndependentBardstown · NCES 210027024.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Elizabethtown IndependentElizabethtown · NCES 210165025%chronically absent · 2022–23McLean CountyCalhoun · NCES 210402025.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Simpson CountyFranklin · NCES 210540025.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Dayton IndependentDayton · NCES 210153025.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Anderson CountyLawrenceburg · NCES 210012025.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Meade CountyBrandenburg · NCES 210405025.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Allen CountyScottsville · NCES 210007025.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Casey CountyLiberty · NCES 210105025.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Gallatin CountyWarsaw · NCES 210213026.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Russell CountyJamestown · NCES 210516026.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Green CountyGreensburg · NCES 210234026.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Bracken CountyBrooksville · NCES 210066026.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Grayson CountyCaneyville · NCES 210230026.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Garrard CountyLancaster · NCES 210216026.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Danville IndependentDanville · NCES 210144026.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Fayette CountyLexington · NCES 210186026.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Hart CountyBonnieville · NCES 210264026.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Cloverport IndependentCloverport · NCES 210129027%chronically absent · 2022–23Augusta IndependentAugusta · NCES 210018027.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Henry CountyCampbellsburg · NCES 210276028%chronically absent · 2022–23Muhlenberg CountyBremen · NCES 210008128.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Taylor CountyCampbellsville · NCES 210552028.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Bourbon CountyParis · NCES 210054028.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Adair CountyColumbia · NCES 210003028.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Todd CountyElkton · NCES 210555028.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Mason CountyMaysville · NCES 210387028.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Newport IndependentNewport · NCES 210444028.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Kentucky School for the Deaf DistrictDanville · NCES 210009528.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Pulaski CountyBurnside · NCES 210495029.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Owen CountyOwenton · NCES 210456029.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Lincoln CountyCrab Orchard · NCES 210348029.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Union CountyMorganfield · NCES 210564029.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Nicholas CountyCarlisle · NCES 210447029.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Boyd CountyAshland · NCES 210062030.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Breckinridge CountyMc Daniels · NCES 210072030.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Dawson Springs IndependentDawson Springs · NCES 210150030.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Clark CountyWinchester · NCES 210120030.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Paris IndependentParis · NCES 210471030.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Ashland IndependentAshland · NCES 210015031%chronically absent · 2022–23Webster CountyClay · NCES 210582031.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Madison CountyRichmond · NCES 210372031.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Ohio CountyBeaver Dam · NCES 210450031.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Campbellsville IndependentCampbellsville · NCES 210093031.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Edmonson CountyBrownsville · NCES 210162032%chronically absent · 2022–23Livingston CountySmithland · NCES 210351032%chronically absent · 2022–23Frankfort IndependentFrankfort · NCES 210198032.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Carroll CountyCarrollton · NCES 210099032.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Metcalfe CountyEdmonton · NCES 210414032.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Estill CountyIrvine · NCES 210176033.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Trimble CountyBedford · NCES 210561033.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Grant CountyDry Ridge · NCES 210225033.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Jackson IndependentJackson · NCES 210291034%chronically absent · 2022–23Russellville IndependentRussellville · NCES 210519034.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Greenup CountyArgillite · NCES 210240034.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Somerset IndependentSomerset · NCES 210543034.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Fulton IndependentFulton · NCES 210207034.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Jefferson CountyLouisville · NCES 210299035.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Paintsville IndependentPaintsville · NCES 210468035.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Wayne CountyMonticello · NCES 210579036.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Lewis CountyVanceburg · NCES 210339036.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Caverna IndependentCave City · NCES 210111037.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Rockcastle CountyBrodhead · NCES 210507037.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Laurel CountyLondon · NCES 210321037.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Fairview IndependentAshland · NCES 210180037.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Clinton CountyAlbany · NCES 210126037.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Bath CountyOwingsville · NCES 210033037.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Harlan IndependentHarlan · NCES 210252038.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Bell CountyPineville · NCES 210039038.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Whitley CountyWilliamsburg · NCES 210588038.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Pike CountyBelfry · NCES 210480038.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Rowan CountyMorehead · NCES 210510039%chronically absent · 2022–23Montgomery CountyMount Sterling · NCES 210425039.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Berea IndependentBerea · NCES 210048040.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Kentucky School for the Blind DistrictLouisville · NCES 210009440.8%chronically absent · 2022–23Barbourville IndependentBarbourville · NCES 210024041%chronically absent · 2022–23Lawrence CountyBlaine · NCES 210324041.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Trigg CountyCadiz · NCES 210558041.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Carter CountyGrayson · NCES 210102042%chronically absent · 2022–23Morgan CountyWest Liberty · NCES 210429042.1%chronically absent · 2022–23McCreary CountyStearns · NCES 210399042.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Floyd CountyAllen · NCES 210195043.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Johnson CountyThelma · NCES 210306043.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Lee CountyBeattyville · NCES 210327043.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Williamsburg IndependentWilliamsburg · NCES 210591044.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Hazard IndependentHazard · NCES 210267044.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Jackson CountyAnnville · NCES 210294045%chronically absent · 2022–23Jenkins IndependentJenkins · NCES 210300045%chronically absent · 2022–23Breathitt CountyJackson · NCES 210069045.5%chronically absent · 2022–23Elliott CountySandy Hook · NCES 210168046%chronically absent · 2022–23Menifee CountyDenniston · NCES 210408046.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Harlan CountyEvarts · NCES 210254047.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Wolfe CountyCampton · NCES 210597047.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Owsley CountyBooneville · NCES 210462047.9%chronically absent · 2022–23Powell CountyStanton · NCES 210489048.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Knox CountyBarbourville · NCES 210315049.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Leslie CountyYeaddiss · NCES 210333050.1%chronically absent · 2022–23Middlesboro IndependentMiddlesboro · NCES 210417052.2%chronically absent · 2022–23Clay CountyOneida · NCES 210123052.3%chronically absent · 2022–23Perry CountyBuckhorn · NCES 210477057%chronically absent · 2022–23Letcher CountyEolia · NCES 210336057.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Pineville IndependentPineville · NCES 210486057.4%chronically absent · 2022–23Martin CountyInez · NCES 210384057.6%chronically absent · 2022–23Magoffin CountySalyersville · NCES 210375058.7%chronically absent · 2022–23Knott CountyTopmost · NCES 210312062.5%chronically absent · 2022–23