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What Kentucky School Districts Spend Per Student

The median Kentucky school district spends $12,803 per student per year, $1,740 below the national median of $14,543, across all 171 districts the state reports. The 171 of them a ZIP code can reach are listed below, and their 654,098 students account for $8.9 billion of current spending in fiscal year 2022.

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Kentucky at a Glance

Median district, per student$12,803
National median district$14,543
Districts listed171 of 171
Students listed654,098
Median district, math≈44%
Median district, reading≈56%

Every Kentucky District, by Enrollment

Spending is current spending divided by fall membership for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates are school year 2018-19, the last year before the pandemic interrupted state testing, so the money and the results are not from the same year. A figure marked ≈ is one the federal file published as a range rather than a value, so small groups of children stay unidentifiable; it is the middle of that range and within ten points of the real one. A dash means the federal files publish no value under that district's ID.

Kentucky school districts by enrollment, with spending per student for fiscal year 2022
DistrictStudentsPer studentMathReadingGraduation
Jefferson County School District94,393$17,37636%46%82%
Fayette County School District41,415$15,84951%58%88%
Boone County School District20,201$12,89953%61%94%
Warren County School District17,401$11,42348%59%97%
Hardin County School District14,571$11,90443%53%90%
Kenton County School District13,986$10,96855%62%95%
Bullitt County School District12,590$12,25344%55%92%
Oldham County School District12,409$12,12963%69%97%
Daviess County School District11,281$12,54650%57%92%
Madison County School District11,034$11,76247%61%93%
Scott County School District9,567$11,42846%60%92%
Laurel County School District8,784$11,26160%67%84%
Christian County School District8,174$11,69739%44%91%
Jessamine County School District8,159$13,10245%57%93%
Pulaski County School District8,148$11,72261%66%98%
Pike County School District7,794$13,49248%60%95%
Henderson County School District6,950$12,59359%57%91%
Shelby County School District6,909$12,64636%48%91%
McCracken County School District6,856$12,42156%67%94%
Hopkins County School District6,426$12,21950%60%90%
Franklin County School District6,146$13,57640%51%91%
Floyd County School District5,449$14,19337%57%93%
Barren County School District5,279$12,51749%60%92%
Campbell County School District5,175$12,67454%61%97%
Clark County School District5,169$13,52253%59%97%
Meade County School District4,983$10,25256%60%93%
Owensboro Independent School District4,935$15,00943%50%84%
Marshall County School District4,553$12,19736%54%94%
Nelson County School District4,524$12,70540%54%92%
Muhlenberg County School District4,387$13,92950%59%89%
Montgomery County School District4,379$11,48945%58%94%
Bowling Green Independent School District4,177$13,47248%56%98%
Whitley County School District4,096$13,25458%68%96%
Carter County School District4,026$11,97856%59%97%
Grayson County School District3,989$11,83250%57%90%
Woodford County School District3,988$12,31560%66%98%
Ohio County School District3,977$11,54844%57%≈98%
Graves County School District3,970$11,66356%66%93%
Knox County School District3,970$15,05044%57%88%
Covington Independent School District3,743$15,66730%41%78%
Anderson County School District3,727$11,31544%54%93%
Perry County School District3,594$14,11246%61%96%
Harlan County School District3,473$13,77242%59%96%
Grant County School District3,455$11,92638%48%92%
Lincoln County School District3,399$13,53538%51%≈87%
Logan County School District3,349$12,26852%58%92%
Johnson County School District3,305$13,52849%62%95%
Rowan County School District3,258$11,75047%53%97%
Marion County School District3,238$12,43049%55%95%
Spencer County School District3,217$11,19955%65%97%
Ashland Independent School District3,206$11,95248%59%95%
Wayne County School District3,170$12,56541%54%93%
Fort Thomas Independent School District3,114$12,30370%77%≈100%
Paducah Independent School District3,081$13,67836%53%83%
Calloway County School District3,067$11,99156%61%94%
Simpson County School District3,039$12,67047%55%97%
Boyd County School District3,016$15,92238%54%95%
Allen County School District3,012$11,49347%56%96%
Russell County School District2,943$12,80352%58%98%
Corbin Independent School District2,925$11,39561%63%98%
Clay County School District2,906$13,40851%57%≈87%
Harrison County School District2,844$11,81846%51%92%
Boyle County School District2,789$12,45267%75%98%
Rockcastle County School District2,762$12,11844%58%98%
Taylor County School District2,758$12,70446%55%≈100%
McCreary County School District2,742$13,75945%54%≈92%
Letcher County School District2,736$14,51444%57%≈98%
Bourbon County School District2,725$12,88245%53%90%
Mercer County School District2,715$12,57842%58%≈98%
Greenup County School District2,709$12,99642%53%≈98%
Breckinridge County School District2,707$12,87854%61%89%
Mason County School District2,669$12,06043%51%≈92%
Bardstown Independent School District2,645$13,95040%56%≈92%
Garrard County School District2,609$12,21540%53%≈92%
Adair County School District2,601$11,83250%54%≈98%
Bell County School District2,518$14,23941%58%≈98%
Elizabethtown Independent School District2,471$11,56751%62%≈98%
Lawrence County School District2,446$13,38140%60%≈98%
Glasgow Independent School District2,388$12,49053%56%≈87%
Erlanger-Elsmere Independent School District2,380$12,96231%43%≈87%
Larue County School District2,345$11,98446%59%≈98%
Hart County School District2,299$13,10642%58%≈98%
Pendleton County School District2,262$11,39137%51%≈98%
Casey County School District2,202$13,49957%61%≈98%
Powell County School District2,199$12,87939%50%≈87%
Webster County School District2,161$11,78942%50%≈92%
Knott County School District2,152$14,92538%55%≈98%
Estill County School District2,144$13,01043%46%≈98%
Russell Independent School District2,136$12,69762%67%≈98%
Butler County School District2,119$12,47938%47%≈92%
Fleming County School District2,117$12,78555%58%≈98%
Carroll County School District2,058$14,73726%38%≈87%
Union County School District2,051$13,82340%53%≈98%
Lewis County School District2,046$12,72838%47%≈98%
Jackson County School District2,041$12,76639%57%≈92%
Henry County School District2,029$12,80842%47%≈92%
Magoffin County School District2,019$12,29846%56%≈98%
Mayfield Independent School District1,998$12,61539%46%≈98%
Trigg County School District1,978$12,76243%56%≈92%
Bath County School District1,928$12,12141%55%≈92%
Todd County School District1,919$13,05139%54%≈98%
Edmonson County School District1,884$11,56557%61%≈98%
Morgan County School District1,881$13,15044%56%≈98%
Danville Independent School District1,871$14,61040%51%≈92%
Walton-Verona Independent School District1,864$11,80650%64%≈98%
Caldwell County School District1,857$11,63357%58%≈98%
Monroe County School District1,775$14,86859%64%≈98%
Murray Independent School District1,771$14,94673%77%≈98%
Breathitt County School District1,767$14,36736%50%≈87%
Martin County School District1,746$13,30035%52%≈92%
Owen County School District1,733$12,54143%50%≈98%
Washington County School District1,702$12,59846%56%≈98%
Green County School District1,646$13,69653%59%≈98%
Somerset Independent School District1,586$12,41153%62%≈92%
Leslie County School District1,578$13,86445%59%≈98%
Hancock County School District1,571$13,82444%59%≈92%
Gallatin County School District1,561$12,49835%47%≈92%
Clinton County School District1,549$14,19930%46%≈92%
Beechwood Independent School District1,518$10,83568%73%≈98%
Metcalfe County School District1,467$12,70228%43%≈92%
Crittenden County School District1,418$11,80543%50%≈92%
McLean County School District1,399$13,24654%61%≈92%
Newport Independent School District1,339$22,59725%32%≈92%
Campbellsville Independent School District1,207$14,11444%48%≈98%
Trimble County School District1,191$11,40024%43%≈98%
Pikeville Independent School District1,190$13,39568%72%≈98%
Russellville Independent School District1,167$13,05332%44%≈87%
Bracken County School District1,152$12,30644%50%≈92%
Wolfe County School District1,146$16,74531%47%≈98%
Nicholas County School District1,138$11,20644%49%≈98%
Livingston County School District1,097$15,13037%56%≈98%
Berea Independent School District1,094$14,61334%51%≈98%
Ballard County School District1,079$13,05843%56%≈98%
Middlesboro Independent School District1,079$15,35034%51%≈98%
Raceland-Worthington Independent School District1,069$12,02540%59%≈98%
Cumberland County School District991$14,55645%57%≈95%
Lyon County School District990$11,45660%65%≈98%
Menifee County School District973$14,62236%50%≈98%
Hazard Independent School District971$13,98948%59%≈98%
Eminence Independent School District967$11,49934%49%≈72%
Frankfort Independent School District950$14,20349%56%≈95%
Elliott County School District909$15,11937%52%≈92%
Williamstown Independent School District895$11,91844%54%≈95%
Lee County School District863$13,16639%52%≈92%
Williamsburg Independent School District854$11,93438%60%≈95%
Dayton Independent School District851$15,68736%44%≈95%
Ludlow Independent School District809$14,08243%59%≈98%
Owsley County School District772$15,38530%45%≈85%
Paris Independent School District760$15,13330%36%≈95%
Harlan Independent School District754$12,29056%63%≈95%
Carlisle County School District753$12,82342%53%≈95%
Hickman County School District748$14,15851%54%≈95%
Paintsville Independent School District744$14,05953%69%≈95%
Barbourville Independent School District668$11,69250%63%≈95%
Caverna Independent School District645$18,27630%48%≈85%
Fairview Independent School District643$13,75121%41%≈95%
Fulton County School District638$13,50931%34%≈95%
Pineville Independent School District607$12,76630%56%≈95%
Bellevue Independent School District600$15,46833%45%≈95%
Dawson Springs Independent School District557$12,71337%45%≈95%
Burgin Independent School District503$13,03855%64%≈95%
East Bernstadt Independent School District (elementary district)503$11,33859%71%—
Jenkins Independent School District468$13,25223%48%≈95%
Robertson County School District439$14,82748%59%≈90%
Science Hill Independent School District (elementary district)438$11,85457%70%—
Anchorage Independent School District (elementary district)400$23,60584%88%—
Jackson Independent School District324$13,877≈47%≈67%≈90%
Augusta Independent School District320$13,194≈32%≈37%≈90%
Fulton Independent School District318$18,871≈27%≈37%≈90%
Cloverport Independent School District309$14,000≈42%≈52%≈95%
Southgate Independent School District (elementary district)198$17,343≈37%≈57%—

Sources

Spending and enrollment come from the NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33) for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates come from EDFacts for school year 2018-19. Districts are matched to ZIP codes through the NCES EDGE geographic relationship file. Nothing on this page is estimated or modelled: a figure is read from a federal source file or it is left blank.

Questions About Kentucky School Spending

How much does the average Kentucky school district spend per student?
The middle, or median, Kentucky district spent $12,803 per student in fiscal year 2022, $1,740 below the national median of $14,543. The median is the better summary here: a few very small districts spend several times what a large one does, and an average would follow them. That median covers all 171 districts the state reports. Across the 171 a ZIP code can reach, which are the ones listed on this page, 654,098 students account for $8.9 billion of current spending.
Which Kentucky districts spend the most and least per student?
Anchorage Independent School District reports the highest figure in the table at $23,605 per student for 400 students, and Meade County School District the lowest at $10,252 for 4,983 students. Enrollment is the denominator, so a small district with one building and one bus route honestly produces a high figure; read the two columns together.
Why are some Kentucky districts missing from this table?
Every Kentucky district with federal finance data appears in this table.
Does this money follow a child who is homeschooled?
No. The figure is what the district spends on a seat in its own schools, funded from local property tax, state formula aid and federal programs. Withdrawing a child removes the child from the count rather than sending the money home. TheHomeschoolingCompany is $1,788 for one student for a school year by comparison, less for each child after the first.

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