<Li> US 45 enters the city from the north via the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge from Brookport, Illinois and runs south down to Mayfield . </Li> <P> Paducah Public Schools operates public schools serving most of the City of Paducah . Three K - 5 elementary schools, Clark Elementary School, McNabb Elementary School, and Morgan Elementary School, serve the city . All district residents are zoned to Paducah Middle School and Paducah Tilghman High School . </P> <P> Parts of the city and surrounding county are instead served by the McCracken County Public Schools . Concord Elementary School and Reidland Elementary / Intermediate serve students through the 5th grade; Lone Oak Elementary School and Hendron--Lone Oak Elementary School end at the third grade, with 4th and 5th grade students in those schools' attendance zones attending Lone Oak Intermediate School . Middle school students in those areas may be zoned into Heath, Lone Oak, or Reidland Middle School . The county district began operating a single, consolidated McCracken County High School on August 9, 2013 . The Paducah city district did not participate in this consolidation and Paducah Tilghman High School remains separate . </P> <P> West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) is a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and is a public, two - year, degree - granting institution serving the Western Region of Kentucky . There are 7,000 - 9,000 students enrolled at the college . There is a University of Kentucky College of Engineering Paducah campus located on the WKCTC campus . The college is also the site for the Challenger Learning Center at Paducah and the Emerging Technology Center . Murray State University - Paducah offers approximately 20 bachelor's and master's degree programs . A new 43,000 square foot facility located on a 23 - acre campus adjacent to WKCTC was opened in 2014 . </P>

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