About Our Region
REL Appalachia serves state and local education agencies in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The region's diversity ranges from large urban school systems (e.g., Metro Nashville, Jefferson County Schools in Louisville, Kentucky; Fairfax County Schools in northern Virginia) to remote rural districts deep in West Virginia's and Kentucky's coal mining country.
The dashboard below offers detailed data for each state and for the region as a whole from the National Center for Education Statistics. All data are from the 2019/20 school year with the exception of graduation and free/reduced price meals, as 2018/19 data were the latest available.
3,267,238
6,262
607
51%
5%
15%
90%
| White | 69% | |
| Black | 15% | |
| Hispanic | 10% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 3% | |
| Hawaiian | <1% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | <1% | |
| Two or More Races | 4% |
691,996
1,536
185
57%
4%
16%
91%
| White | 75% | |
| Black | 11% | |
| Hispanic | 8% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 2% | |
| Hawaiian | <1% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | <1% | |
| Two or More Races | 4% |
1,014,744
1,878
147
59%
5%
13%
91%
| White | 61% | |
| Black | 22% | |
| Hispanic | 12% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 2% | |
| Hawaiian | <1% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | <1% | |
| Two or More Races | 3% |
1,297,012
2,123
215
44%
9%
14%
88%
| White | 48% | |
| Black | 22% | |
| Hispanic | 17% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 7% | |
| Hawaiian | <1% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | <1% | |
| Two or More Races | 6% |
263,486
725
60
50%
1%
18%
91%
| White | 90% | |
| Black | 4% | |
| Hispanic | 2% | |
| Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 1% | |
| Hawaiian | <1% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | <1% | |
| Two or More Races | 4% |
| These state websites share additional data on each state. Statistics may differ from those presented on the About Our Region page due to differences in time and measurement. | |
| Kentucky Department of Education | https://education.ky.gov/comm/edfacts/Pages/default.aspx |
| Tennessee Department of Education | https://www.tn.gov/education/data.html |
| Virginia Department of Education | http://www.doe.virginia.gov/statistics_reports/index.shtml |
| West Virginia Department of Education | https://zoomwv.k12.wv.us |
Data sources:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey”, 2019–20 v.1a; “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey” 2019–20 v.1a; “State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey”, 2019–20 v.1a. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20 _219.46.asp
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates, “Public School File”, 2019–10. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 2019–20. Retrieved February 12, 2021, from https://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/state-level-data-files/index.html
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2000–01, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19. (This table was prepared October 2020.) Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_204.10.asp
Notes:
More recent statistics may be available via state websites. Click on the additional resources tab on the dashboard above for links to state data. The percentages of students by Race/Ethnicity, students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, students with individualized education programs, and students with limited-English proficiency programs were calculated by using total number of students from Common Core of Data (CCD). The Graduation Rate reports the public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate.