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Schools in Jenkins · Jenkins Independent School District

Jenkins’s public schools score below 97% of Kentucky districts on tests and graduation

18% of students in Jenkins’s public schools are proficient in math, below the Kentucky average (38%). The grade covers the public school district serving Jenkins, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Kentucky, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Kentucky state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
30%
▼ 15 pts vs KY 45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
18%
▼ 20 pts vs KY 38%
2021–22
Spent per student
$17.0K
▲ 15% vs KY $14.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.1
KY 15.4
Schools in town
1
453 students on the public path
In brief

Jenkins’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 30% of tested students were proficient in reading and 18% in math, against 45% and 38% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Spending, and where it came from

The district spent $17,037 per student in FY2024, against $14,752 across Kentucky. 37% of its revenue that year was federal (Kentucky 17%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Jenkins’s grade

D− Test scores

D−: better than 3% of Kentucky school districts. Test scores are below the Kentucky average; there is no graduation rate to add.

Kentucky school districts we grade (172)Better than 3%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kentucky towns with similar household incomes (45)At the bottom
D−DA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 214 test results could put Jenkins anywhere from D− to D. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Jenkins’s students in the tested grades sat them (214 in math, 214 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Jenkins, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12Jenkins Independent SchoolJenkins Independent School DistrictD

Jenkins’s public schools are run by Jenkins Independent School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Jenkins Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 453 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 15.1 per teacher (KY 15.4)
$17,037KY $14,752 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading30%
State average 44.7% · 214 students tested
Math18%
State average 37.8% · 214 students tested
A note on the data.In FY2024, 37% of the Jenkins district’s revenue came from the federal government, against 17% across Kentucky, in the last year of federal pandemic relief; spending per student is reported as published.

Jenkins vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kentucky towns that share Jenkins’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
JenkinsD−Jenkins Independent

Every school in Jenkins

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kentucky’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Jenkinsby address
Jenkins Independent School
Grades PK–12
D
453 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Jenkins’s schools

Are Jenkins’s schools good?

On Kentucky’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Jenkins children attend score below 97% of Kentucky’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they place at the bottom. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Jenkins in?

Jenkins Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 453 students in 1 schools (2024–25).

How much does Jenkins spend per student?

$17,037 in Jenkins Independent School District (FY2024), against $14,752 across Kentucky. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Kentucky. Stars are from neighbors.