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McCracken County High School, Paducah, KY

CEP schoolMcCracken County High School is a public high school in Paducah, part of McCracken County Public Schools. It enrolled 1,882 students in 2024-25, with 18.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,882
Teachers (FTE)
102.0
Students per teacher
18.5
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.3 higher than the district figure of 16.2. The Kentucky average across schools is 15.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.5
District16.2
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
6530 New US Hwy 60 W, Paducah, KY 42001
Phone
(270)538-4300
District
McCracken County Public Schools
County
McCracken County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
210396002332
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
773
Reduced-price lunch
90
Free or reduced-price lunch
86345.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
678Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

High schools elsewhere in Paducah

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.