Reports

The Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS) collects and links data to evaluate education and workforce efforts in the Commonwealth. This includes developing reports, responding to research requests, and providing statistical data about these efforts so policymakers, agencies, and the general public can make better informed decisions.


Life Outcomes for High School Experiences


September 2024

This interactive report is part of the Life Outcomes Series and examines the relationship of high school experiences and educational and wage outcomes for high school graduates.






Kentucky Students' Right to Know


September 2024

This interactive report was designed to help prospective students make more informed decisions about their futures and ensure that they are adequately aware of career paths, employment outcomes, and the cost of college.






Postsecondary Feedback Report


September 2024

Earning a postsecondary credential can unlock opportunities, but a student’s odds of success can vary based on the institution they attend, the credential they pursue, and the content area of their studies. This interactive report allows users to explore outcomes for students by Kentucky’s postsecondary institutions, major, credential type, and demographic.






Workforce Overview Report for Kentucky Regions (WORKR)


August 2024

This interactive quarterly report provides a snapshot of Kentucky's workforce at the state and local levels by bringing together data from Kentucky's Labor Market Information branch.






Kentucky Apprenticeship Report


July 2024

This interactive dashboard summarizes program data entered or uploaded into the Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Database (RAPIDS). View data for employment, wages, and demographic composition of apprentices, filtering by apprenticeship status and Federal Fiscal Year (FFY).






Career and Technical Education Employer Connector


July 2024

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Employer Connector helps employers and educators find CTE programs closest to them. Users can filter information such as total current enrollment, eligible co-op students, and 12th grade enrollment by program, region, and distance.






High School Feedback Report


July 2024

This series of PDF reports provides comparative information about the college-going and college success patterns of Kentucky students by high school.






Legislative District Dashboard


May 2024

This interactive report displays data for legislative districts. Topics covered in this report include a variety of economic, health, housing, and education metrics. Users are able to compare legislative districts and counties. Trends are displayed for many metrics for legislative districts.






Kentucky Commuting Patterns Report


March 2024

Nearly 2 million people commute to or from Kentucky for their primary job — where are they going? This interactive report shows commuting patterns for each county in Kentucky, allowing users to view where people are coming from and going to for work.






Kentucky Future Skills Report


March 2024

This interactive report provides data to help Kentuckians answer the following: How many jobs will Kentucky need to fill during the next five years? What will those jobs pay? Do we have the right mix of workers and skills to fill those jobs? Also, new to this report is the expanded demand section “Specific Occupations,” which provides a profile for each selected occupation and a sortable list within each area of Kentucky.






Dual Credit Feedback Report


February 2024

This interactive report examines outcomes for high school graduates that attempted dual credit at a Kentucky Community and Technical College System or 4-Year postsecondary institution. The first dashboard displays the percent attempting dual credit by gender, race/ethnicity, and free and/or reduced lunch status. The second dashboard shows college-going and success metrics.






Occupational Outlook


January 2024

This interactive dashboard explores 2021-2031 long-term occupational projections for Kentucky and its Local Workforce Areas, augmented with education and training requirement data.






Adult Education Feedback Report


January 2024

This interactive report provides data about adult education metrics for Kentucky Local Providers and the state as a whole. Education and workforce outcomes were analyzed for cohorts of students enrolled in Kentucky Adult Education. Local Provider Ranking trends, provided by the Office of Adult Education, are displayed on the last dashboard.






High School Feedback Report


January 2024

Postsecondary credentials are increasingly serving as prerequisites for high-paying jobs in growing sectors of the economy. Are Kentucky students successfully graduating from high school, earning credentials, and gaining employment? This interactive report allows users to explore data to help answer these questions.






Early Childhood Workforce


January 2024

The Early Childhood Workforce Dashboard examines workforce traits and trends regarding Kentucky’s early child care education instructors. This dashboard examines overall student and instructor counts, teacher preparatory program completion rates, instructor turnover rates, and what areas of employment instructors tend to move into if they change jobs. These figures are filterable by Public Preschool Instructors and Head Start Instructors.






Early Childhood Profile


August 2023

The Early Childhood Profile provides data about early childhood metrics in each Kentucky county. The report allows users to view kindergarten readiness scores from 2014-2023 and to match third grade reading and math scores to the same cohort of kindergarten students through the 2019 academic year. It also provides information about local access to high-quality early childhood programs and enrollment numbers for child care programs in all 120 counties.