📍 1820 Hickman St, Ashland, Boyd County, 41101
Ashland Head Start is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Ashland, Boyd County. The school has 189 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ashland Independent school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ashland Head Start enrolls 189 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 13% Two or more races and 2.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 150 | 79% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 2.6% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 4 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
138 of the school's 189 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 137 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ashland Head Start is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KY-50, state senate district 18, state house district 100.
Ashland Head Start is one of 9 schools in Ashland Independent, based in Ashland, Kentucky. The district serves 3,083 students district-wide and employs 239 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 189 students, Ashland Head Start is smaller than the district average of about 343 students per school.
Setting: City - Small