McCracken Regional School
Paducah · KY · McCracken County · Public · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How McCracken Regional School compares for families
What families should know about McCracken Regional School.
- ▸ LocallyKY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah Area Technology Center, St Mary School System and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 31 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah Tilghman High School Paducah |
Public | 2.9 | 860 | -2.2% |
| Paducah Area Technology Center Paducah |
Public | 2.9 | 5 | — |
| St Mary School System Paducah |
Private | 3.1 | 335 | +161.7% |
| McCracken County High School Paducah |
Public | 3.8 | 1,879 | -5.3% |
| Choices Educational Center Paducah |
Public | 4.3 | 35 | — |
| McCracken Open Campus School West Paducah |
Public | 6.8 | 56 | — |
| Community Christian Academy K-12 Paducah |
Private | 7.6 | 355 | +36.0% |
| Livingston Central High School Smithland |
Public | 15.0 | 339 | +1.5% |