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KidsCount 2008 Data Book 2008 gives county-by-county data Local financial support for Adair County Schools lower than for all surrounding school systems than one, Cumberland County. Russell and Taylor are almost 1.5 times better. State average almost twice that of Adair County, KY. Link to online PDF below. Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story "Kids Count: 2008 County Data Book," A Project of Kentucky Youth Advocates and Urban Studies Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, gives significant data on children in each of Kentucky's 120 counties. The book contains approximately 120 pages. A small sampling from the report shows some major differences in Adair County vs. Averages for the State as a whole exists. One glaring and embarassing one is "spending per pupil and local revenue per pupil (amount & percent of total revenue)," where local support in Adair County is a miserly 19%, barely over half the percent of local spending statewide, 37%. Here's how the "Kids Count" figures show Adair stacks up against neighboring counties in local support for schools:
The data for Adair County has some good news, Child Support payments have increased from 47% collected in 2000, to 71% in 2008, much higher than the state average of 59% (2008), thanks in large part to very aggressive child support enforcement in Adair County. And the population of children has stabilized to showing a teensy increase of 1-4 population, it is balanced with with data which is not so good. For instance, the number of children living in poverty and needing governmental assistance has risen during the time of the study. The number of children in families needing food stamps rose from 760 in 2000 to 997 in 2007, for instance. Some school figures for Adair County show dramatic improvements. High school graduation figures jumped from 141 in school year 2003, a rate of 66%, to 165 in 2007, a rate of 83%. And the percent of courses taught by highly qualified instructors in Adair County rose from 75% in 2004, to 98 percent in 2008. Still, that figure lags behind the 99% of courses taught by highly qualified instructors statewide. The book can be viewed using this link: This story was posted on 2009-10-06 03:32:07
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