1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT School Year 1995-96 School District Dropout Retention Transition Attendance Expenditure Rate Rate Rate Rate per Pupil Kentucky 3.9 3.6 95.3 94.4 $5,968 Adair County 3.1 4.6 86.3 95.0 $5,611 Allen County 2.9 3.4 97.7 94.9 $4,737 Anderson County 5.1 3.2 97.2 95.0 $4,837 Ballard County 2.4 2.0 100.0 95.0 $5,541 Barren County 0.3 2.5 90.9 96.0 $5,598 Caverna Independent 1.9 1.5 94.8 95.0 $5,826 Glasgow Independent 3.1 4.7 93.2 95.8 $4,833 Bath County 3.8 4.4 98.0 94.5 $5,631 Bell County 4.1 4.3 88.8 92.5 $6,559 Middlesboro Independent 3.2 5.7 91.8 92.5 $5,987 Pineville Independent 3.3 5.7 91.7 94.6 $5,491 Boone County 2.3 3.0 99.4 94.4 $5,059 Walton Verona 0.2 2.0 100.0 95.8 $5,880 Bourbon County 4.5 5.4 89.9 94.4 $5,685 Paris Independent 1.8 4.9 98.3 95.5 $6,023 Boyd County 2.6 1.5 95.0 93.7 $6,122 Ashland Independent 1.9 3.1 94.1 94.5 $5,584 Fairview Independent 1.9 3.8 100.0 94.0 $4,958 Boyle County 4.0 3.3 100.0 95.6 $5,103 Danville Independent 2.1 4.6 84.1 95.0 $5,969 Bracken County 3.1 3.2 95.1 94.7 $5,286 Augusta Independent 0.7 7.1 100.0 94.4 $6,950 Breathitt County 3.9 6.3 90.2 93.7 $6,686 Jackson Independent 0.6 2.0 100.0 93.7 $6,605 Breckinridge County 2.8 4.9 93.7 96.2 $6,139 Cloverport Independent 2.3 4.2 100.0 96.1 $7,201 Bullitt County 4.0 3.3 94.9 94.1 $4,854 Butler County 3.7 6.2 96.9 94.5 $5,079 Caldwell County 3.1 1.2 93.2 95.0 $5,198 Calloway County 0.7 0.2 99.1 95.5 $5,503 Murray Independent 1.7 3.3 98.8 95.4 $6,347 Campbell County 2.8 1.4 98.4 94.8 $5,092 Bellevue Independent 3.7 1.9 98.3 94.3 $5,124 Dayton Independent 5.4 9.0 96.3 93.4 $5,676 Ft Thomas Independent 0.5 0.7 100.0 96.5 $4,682 Newport Independent 5.1 5.2 95.0 93.4 $7,278 Silver Grove Independent 0.0 0.0 100.0 95.0 $6,157 Southgate Independent 0.0 0.0 96.2 $5,328 Carlisle County 4.2 0.7 100.0 95.6 $4,557 Carroll County 3.3 2.8 93.5 95.0 $6,224 Carter County 5.0 6.2 80.9 93.1 $5,655 Casey County 3.5 2.5 93.9 93.9 $6,315 Christian County 5.4 6.8 85.6 93.9 $5,321 Clark County 4.8 1.4 91.9 94.6 $5,101 Clay County 9.9 3.4 83.9 93.5 $5,991 Clinton County 2.7 7.3 94.2 93.9 $5,881 Crittenden County 2.4 1.3 97.1 95.7 $5,020 Cumberland County 4.2 6.6 94.2 95.0 $5,479 Daviess County 2.6 0.4 97.3 96.1 $5,538 Owensboro Independent 1.8 0.6 98.4 95.3 $6,253 Edmonson County 1.7 2.3 93.5 94.6 $5,077 Elliott County 4.2 2.0 87.7 94.4 $6,967 Estill County 5.0 6.1 86.2 94.5 $5,710 Fayette County 5.0 7.1 98.7 93.3 $6,213 Fleming County 2.4 5.4 93.0 96.1 $5,673 Floyd County 2.4 3.9 94.8 92.7 $5,957 Franklin County 2.8 3.5 98.1 95.2 $4,928 Frankfort Independent 3.3 3.2 96.1 94.7 $6,722 Fulton County 2.3 3.2 86.0 95.4 $6,086 Fulton Independent 1.8 1.4 95.2 95.1 $6,338 Gallatin County 3.7 4.2 88.5 93.9 $5,019 Garrard County 4.0 5.2 94.9 94.3 $5,277 Grant County 4.1 3.2 94.4 94.8 $4,674 Williamstown Independent 2.2 3.6 94.1 95.9 $6,126 Graves County 3.5 3.0 99.3 96.1 $4,510 Mayfield Independent 3.4 3.6 100.0 95.2 $5,792 Grayson County 3.2 2.4 91.7 95.1 $5,248 Green County 2.4 3.1 94.7 94.7 $5,419 Greenup County 3.1 2.6 92.3 94.9 $5,269 Raceland Independent 1.1 0.0 98.5 95.7 $4,793 Russell Independent 1.0 4.6 98.4 95.1 $5,844 HanCountyck County 1.3 1.4 92.4 95.7 $5,224 Hardin County 3.6 3.7 97.8 95.8 $5,798 Elizabethtown Independent 3.4 3.9 99.3 96.1 $4,713 West Point Independent 0.0 0.0 96.9 $6,271 Harlan County 2.4 2.5 89.3 93.7 $6,175 Harlan Independent 1.8 4.4 95.7 94.7 $5,541 Harrison County 5.1 2.0 99.5 95.9 $5,325 Hart County 1.8 4.1 92.5 95.2 $5,346 Henderson County 2.4 3.3 96.1 95.5 $5,045 Henry County 5.1 6.6 91.9 95.7 $4,877 Eminence Independent 2.6 1.4 100.0 95.9 $5,962 Hickman County 2.1 6.5 98.4 95.9 $5,547 Hopkins County 4.1 2.9 97.7 95.5 $5,218 Dawson Springs Ind 6.2 4.9 95.5 95.0 $5,003 Jackson County 2.1 5.6 97.0 93.5 $5,300 Jefferson County 5.7 3.8 97.7 92.7 $8,410 Anchorage Independent 0.0 0.0 96.7 $9,239 Jessamine County 6.4 4.9 94.0 94.2 $5,605 Johnson County 3.4 4.4 86.6 95.4 $5,645 Paintsville Independent 0.3 1.7 98.6 94.8 $5,481 Kenton County 2.0 2.5 99.1 95.5 $5,006 Beechwood Independent 0.0 0.0 100.0 96.1 $4,712 Countyvington Independent 5.9 5.8 95.9 93.2 $6,344 Erlanger-Elsmere 1.7 5.3 91.7 94.2 $4,916 Ludlow Independent 0.9 4.4 94.7 94.2 $5,134 Knott County 2.9 3.7 81.3 93.2 $6,979 Knox County 4.9 5.9 90.6 91.8 $6,816 Barbourville Independent 1.6 0.6 87.2 94.9 $4,546 Larue County 3.7 2.2 99.2 96.6 $5,607 Laurel County 6.3 3.7 93.8 94.1 $5,296 East Bernstadt Ind 1.3 0.9 96.0 $4,860 Lawrence County 3.4 5.0 93.8 92.9 $5,641 Lee County 4.5 5.1 93.2 93.7 $5,763 Leslie County 2.0 1.1 79.2 93.7 $6,579 Letcher County 1.9 6.1 94.2 93.0 $5,565 Jenkins Independent 2.6 6.4 91.1 92.5 $6,484 Lewis County 1.5 2.3 91.6 94.2 $5,216 LinCountyln County 4.9 3.1 89.6 94.7 $6,773 Livingston County 2.1 3.5 95.0 94.3 $5,467 Logan County 2.6 4.5 94.7 96.1 $5,301 Russellville Independent 2.5 4.5 96.9 96.3 $6,724 Lyon County 0.7 2.5 98.1 95.8 $5,575 McCracken County 2.0 2.5 95.4 95.9 $4,425 Paducah Independent 3.1 2.7 91.9 93.8 $6,136 McCreary County 6.9 5.6 85.8 93.1 $6,605 McLean County 3.0 0.4 97.4 95.3 $5,071 Madison County 2.8 3.3 98.9 94.3 $5,743 Berea Independent 2.3 1.4 95.2 94.9 $5,705 Magoffin County 2.6 3.4 91.7 92.4 $6,511 Marion County 3.4 2.5 91.1 95.8 $5,557 Marshall County 5.3 2.3 97.9 96.1 $5,205 Martin County 5.5 3.1 93.1 94.3 $5,366 Mason County 2.0 2.4 98.2 95.2 $5,711 Meade County 5.0 3.9 89.9 95.5 $4,959 Menifee County 4.2 6.9 95.8 94.1 $5,366 Mercer County 1.4 1.8 97.8 95.1 $4,986 Burgin Independent 1.7 4.4 95.2 96.4 $5,444 Harrodsburg Independent 4.7 9.0 97.7 94.5 $6,059 Metcalfe County 5.1 4.8 100.0 94.4 $5,630 Monroe County 2.9 3.3 96.6 95.1 $5,758 Montgomery County 3.6 1.8 94.4 95.0 $5,658 Morgan County 4.8 4.2 81.5 94.3 $5,582 Muhlenberg County 4.4 3.3 95.8 95.4 $5,467 Nelson County 5.1 0.0 97.5 96.3 $4,842 Bardstown Independent 2.7 3.0 93.5 94.9 $6,089 Nicholas County 3.5 4.1 92.3 94.8 $5,427 Ohio County 4.9 3.5 95.4 94.1 $5,215 Oldham County 1.4 1.9 98.6 95.3 $4,917 Owen County 3.3 3.5 92.4 95.1 $5,390 Owsley County 5.4 2.2 87.0 92.2 $7,496 Pendleton County 3.7 0.1 94.3 95.2 $5,348 Perry County 5.1 0.7 86.8 93.8 $6,023 Hazard Independent 0.7 3.7 100.0 94.4 $5,322 Pike County 3.9 4.1 93.7 94.0 $6,026 Pikeville Independent 3.1 1.7 95.4 95.1 $5,839 Powell County 7.0 5.2 97.8 93.9 $5,156 Pulaski County 3.7 6.5 97.5 94.4 $5,152 Science Hill Independent 0.0 3.5 96.1 $4,691 Somerset Independent 3.9 3.6 96.1 95.0 $5,700 Robertson County 6.6 8.9 100.0 94.2 $5,963 Rockcastle County 3.8 4.5 94.3 95.9 $5,583 Rowan County 3.2 3.8 98.9 95.4 $5,770 Russell County 4.7 5.0 90.2 94.5 $5,527 SCountytt County 4.7 5.3 98.2 93.8 $5,982 Shelby County 4.2 4.7 93.1 94.7 $5,655 Simpson County 3.5 1.8 97.2 95.3 $5,520 Spencer County 0.3 2.1 95.0 94.3 $5,461 Taylor County 2.0 1.2 97.0 96.7 $4,778 Campbellsville Ind 3.3 5.2 92.9 95.9 $5,277 Todd County 1.0 2.8 100.0 94.2 $5,429 Trigg County 4.6 4.0 93.4 95.4 $4,965 Trimble County 4.6 2.8 91.5 95.3 $5,338 Union County 1.6 2.2 95.7 96.0 $5,646 Warren County 3.7 2.4 97.2 95.5 $5,042 Bowling Green Independent 2.3 2.6 98.0 94.5 $6,832 Washington County 2.8 2.2 95.3 96.3 $5,026 Wayne County 2.6 0.0 94.4 95.6 $6,187 Monticello Independent 3.0 5.2 93.0 95.1 $5,308 Webster County 5.9 2.0 99.3 94.8 $5,654 Providence Independent 3.3 5.5 92.6 93.8 $5,710 Whitley County 4.2 2.5 96.7 94.3 $5,702 Countyrbin Independent 4.4 1.1 98.0 94.7 $5,370 Williamsburg Independent 2.1 2.7 98.2 95.6 $5,774 Wolfe County 2.8 5.6 100.0 93.9 $6,686 Woodford County 4.7 5.4 97.2 94.5 $4,679