Jefferson County Public Schools

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is the 26th largest school in the country, serving more than 97,000 students and employing 18,000 people in the area around Louisville, Kentucky. JCPS is also one of the top 10 transportation agencies in the United States with a fleet of more than 1,500 vehicles.

JCPS installed a Teradata Warehouse solution in 1988, which today has grown to support more than 1,000 users in 25 business departments. JCPS estimates that the return on investment for their Teradata solution is between 10 to 15 times the cost of its annual investment. Utilizing the Teradata Backup Archive Recovery (BAR) solution, JCPS can now back up its entire warehouse in 90 minutes. From managing federal funding to correlating professional development and student test performance, the Teradata Warehouse has become a mission-critical component for numerous departments within JCPS.

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Jefferson County Public Schools is the 26th largest school in the country and serves over 96,000 students. Their Teradata Warehouse has been instrumental in helping JCPS manage their business more effectively. From managing federal grants, student performance and support, budgets and transportation to delivering decision support capabilities that help each school identify trends and correlate specific behaviors with the goal of improving educational quality. JCPS estimates that the return on investment for the Teradata solution is between 10 to 15 times the cost of its annual investment.

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