Public school districts
Kentucky
171 regular public school districts · 656,427 students
Spending per student
$14,633
Average current spending per student in the latest comparable NCES district-finance data.
What stands out
Chronic absence is higher than in a typical state.
28% of students were chronically absent in the latest comparable data. Spending was 1% below a typical state. Open a local profile below to see how much results vary within Kentucky.
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Public school districts in Kentucky
This list covers regular public school districts, not charter or service agencies. When comparable data is available, the selected topic determines the order.
See the national view →How to compare districts →Anchorage IndependentAnchorage · NCES 2100090$25,486spending per student · FY 2023Fulton IndependentFulton · NCES 2102070$23,948spending per student · FY 2023Newport IndependentNewport · NCES 2104440$22,298spending per student · FY 2023Caverna IndependentCave City · NCES 2101110$20,796spending per student · FY 2023Letcher CountyEolia · NCES 2103360$20,652spending per student · FY 2023Southgate IndependentSouthgate · NCES 2105460$18,981spending per student · FY 2023Owsley CountyBooneville · NCES 2104620$18,702spending per student · FY 2023Fayette CountyLexington · NCES 2101860$18,318spending per student · FY 2023Jefferson CountyLouisville · NCES 2102990$18,189spending per student · FY 2023Wolfe CountyCampton · NCES 2105970$17,855spending per student · FY 2023Knott CountyTopmost · NCES 2103120$17,594spending per student · FY 2023Menifee CountyDenniston · NCES 2104080$17,406spending per student · FY 2023Berea IndependentBerea · NCES 2100480$17,169spending per student · FY 2023Middlesboro IndependentMiddlesboro · NCES 2104170$17,021spending per student · FY 2023Covington IndependentCovington · NCES 2101350$16,918spending per student · FY 2023Livingston CountySmithland · NCES 2103510$16,842spending per student · FY 2023Dayton IndependentDayton · NCES 2101530$16,758spending per student · FY 2023Fairview IndependentAshland · NCES 2101800$16,732spending per student · FY 2023Boyd CountyAshland · NCES 2100620$16,486spending per student · FY 2023Danville IndependentDanville · NCES 2101440$16,364spending per student · FY 2023Cloverport IndependentCloverport · NCES 2101290$16,297spending per student · FY 2023Monroe CountyGamaliel · NCES 2104200$16,268spending per student · FY 2023Bellevue IndependentBellevue · NCES 2100420$16,232spending per student · FY 2023Jenkins IndependentJenkins · NCES 2103000$16,160spending per student · FY 2023Owensboro IndependentOwensboro · NCES 2104590$16,080spending per student · FY 2023Hancock CountyLewisport · NCES 2102460$16,011spending per student · FY 2023Perry CountyBuckhorn · NCES 2104770$15,812spending per student · FY 2023Murray IndependentMurray · NCES 2104380$15,699spending per student · FY 2023Pineville IndependentPineville · NCES 2104860$15,672spending per student · FY 2023Breathitt CountyJackson · NCES 2100690$15,655spending per student · FY 2023Bardstown IndependentBardstown · NCES 2100270$15,648spending per student · FY 2023Ludlow IndependentLudlow · NCES 2103630$15,569spending per student · FY 2023Paris IndependentParis · NCES 2104710$15,541spending per student · FY 2023Bell CountyPineville · NCES 2100390$15,416spending per student · FY 2023Paintsville IndependentPaintsville · NCES 2104680$15,375spending per student · FY 2023Carroll CountyCarrollton · NCES 2100990$15,315spending per student · FY 2023Pikeville IndependentPikeville · NCES 2104830$15,243spending per student · FY 2023Ballard CountyBarlow · NCES 2100210$15,101spending per student · FY 2023Union CountyMorganfield · NCES 2105640$15,091spending per student · FY 2023Franklin CountyFrankfort · NCES 2102010$15,057spending per student · FY 2023Paducah IndependentPaducah · NCES 2104650$15,048spending per student · FY 2023Floyd CountyAllen · NCES 2101950$15,024spending per student · FY 2023Harlan CountyEvarts · NCES 2102540$14,873spending per student · FY 2023Augusta IndependentAugusta · NCES 2100180$14,858spending per student · FY 2023Fulton CountyHickman · NCES 2102100$14,780spending per student · FY 2023Knox CountyBarbourville · NCES 2103150$14,730spending per student · FY 2023Martin CountyInez · NCES 2103840$14,730spending per student · FY 2023Elliott CountySandy Hook · NCES 2101680$14,699spending per student · FY 2023Ashland IndependentAshland · NCES 2100150$14,691spending per student · FY 2023Burgin IndependentBurgin · NCES 2100780$14,614spending per student · FY 2023Marshall CountyBenton · NCES 2103810$14,559spending per student · FY 2023Erlanger-Elsmere IndependentErlanger · NCES 2101740$14,540spending per student · FY 2023Russellville IndependentRussellville · NCES 2105190$14,527spending per student · FY 2023Cumberland CountyBurkesville · NCES 2101410$14,520spending per student · FY 2023Dawson Springs IndependentDawson Springs · NCES 2101500$14,511spending per student · FY 2023Hickman CountyClinton · NCES 2102790$14,483spending per student · FY 2023McCreary CountyStearns · NCES 2103990$14,475spending per student · FY 2023Nelson CountyBloomfield · NCES 2104410$14,451spending per student · FY 2023Jackson IndependentJackson · NCES 2102910$14,447spending per student · FY 2023Hart CountyBonnieville · NCES 2102640$14,437spending per student · FY 2023Bracken CountyBrooksville · NCES 2100660$14,405spending per student · FY 2023Lincoln CountyCrab Orchard · NCES 2103480$14,375spending per student · FY 2023Frankfort IndependentFrankfort · NCES 2101980$14,347spending per student · FY 2023Owen CountyOwenton · NCES 2104560$14,329spending per student · FY 2023Hazard IndependentHazard · NCES 2102670$14,329spending per student · FY 2023Russell IndependentRussell · NCES 2105130$14,327spending per student · FY 2023Casey CountyLiberty · NCES 2101050$14,250spending per student · FY 2023Green CountyGreensburg · NCES 2102340$14,214spending per student · FY 2023McLean CountyCalhoun · NCES 2104020$14,209spending per student · FY 2023Pike CountyBelfry · NCES 2104800$14,180spending per student · FY 2023Metcalfe CountyEdmonton · NCES 2104140$14,141spending per student · FY 2023Campbell CountyAlexandria · NCES 2100900$14,133spending per student · FY 2023Greenup CountyArgillite · NCES 2102400$14,133spending per student · FY 2023Morgan CountyWest Liberty · NCES 2104290$14,129spending per student · FY 2023Todd CountyElkton · NCES 2105550$14,128spending per student · FY 2023Bowling Green IndependentBowling Green · NCES 2100570$14,125spending per student · FY 2023Lawrence CountyBlaine · NCES 2103240$14,121spending per student · FY 2023Mayfield IndependentMayfield · NCES 2103900$14,098spending per student · FY 2023Powell CountyStanton · NCES 2104890$14,085spending per student · FY 2023Leslie CountyYeaddiss · NCES 2103330$14,046spending per student · FY 2023Henry CountyCampbellsburg · NCES 2102760$14,044spending per student · FY 2023Rockcastle CountyBrodhead · NCES 2105070$14,041spending per student · FY 2023Shelby CountyShelbyville · NCES 2105320$14,040spending per student · FY 2023Clay CountyOneida · NCES 2101230$14,039spending per student · FY 2023Clinton CountyAlbany · NCES 2101260$14,027spending per student · FY 2023Trigg CountyCadiz · NCES 2105580$14,010spending per student · FY 2023Bourbon CountyParis · NCES 2100540$13,989spending per student · FY 2023Jackson CountyAnnville · NCES 2102940$13,986spending per student · FY 2023Jessamine CountyNicholasville · NCES 2103030$13,940spending per student · FY 2023Lewis CountyVanceburg · NCES 2103390$13,940spending per student · FY 2023Boone CountyFlorence · NCES 2100510$13,925spending per student · FY 2023Campbellsville IndependentCampbellsville · NCES 2100930$13,912spending per student · FY 2023Russell CountyJamestown · NCES 2105160$13,881spending per student · FY 2023Washington CountySpringfield · NCES 2105760$13,858spending per student · FY 2023Johnson CountyThelma · NCES 2103060$13,833spending per student · FY 2023Butler CountyMorgantown · NCES 2100810$13,805spending per student · FY 2023Garrard CountyLancaster · NCES 2102160$13,804spending per student · FY 2023Daviess CountyOwensboro · NCES 2101470$13,767spending per student · FY 2023Taylor CountyCampbellsville · NCES 2105520$13,737spending per student · FY 2023Hardin CountyElizabethtown · NCES 2102490$13,734spending per student · FY 2023Muhlenberg CountyBremen · NCES 2100081$13,648spending per student · FY 2023Mercer CountyHarrodsburg · NCES 2104110$13,648spending per student · FY 2023Magoffin CountySalyersville · NCES 2103750$13,597spending per student · FY 2023Barren CountyLucas · NCES 2100300$13,580spending per student · FY 2023Adair CountyColumbia · NCES 2100030$13,545spending per student · FY 2023Simpson CountyFranklin · NCES 2105400$13,543spending per student · FY 2023Williamstown IndependentWilliamstown · NCES 2105940$13,540spending per student · FY 2023Boyle CountyDanville · NCES 2100630$13,539spending per student · FY 2023Somerset IndependentSomerset · NCES 2105430$13,533spending per student · FY 2023Estill CountyIrvine · NCES 2101760$13,527spending per student · FY 2023Fleming CountyWallingford · NCES 2101920$13,522spending per student · FY 2023Carlisle CountyBardwell · NCES 2100960$13,515spending per student · FY 2023Mason CountyMaysville · NCES 2103870$13,474spending per student · FY 2023Wayne CountyMonticello · NCES 2105790$13,466spending per student · FY 2023Woodford CountyVersailles · NCES 2106000$13,439spending per student · FY 2023Clark CountyWinchester · NCES 2101200$13,438spending per student · FY 2023Henderson CountyCorydon · NCES 2102710$13,397spending per student · FY 2023Marion CountyLebanon · NCES 2103780$13,327spending per student · FY 2023Lee CountyBeattyville · NCES 2103270$13,311spending per student · FY 2023Grant CountyDry Ridge · NCES 2102250$13,283spending per student · FY 2023Glasgow IndependentGlasgow · NCES 2102220$13,265spending per student · FY 2023Raceland-Worthington IndependentRaceland · NCES 2104980$13,225spending per student · FY 2023Breckinridge CountyMc Daniels · NCES 2100720$13,209spending per student · FY 2023Gallatin CountyWarsaw · NCES 2102130$13,200spending per student · FY 2023McCracken CountyPaducah · NCES 2103960$13,196spending per student · FY 2023Calloway CountyMurray · NCES 2100870$13,190spending per student · FY 2023Walton-Verona IndependentWalton · NCES 2105700$13,143spending per student · FY 2023Williamsburg IndependentWilliamsburg · NCES 2105910$13,129spending per student · FY 2023Elizabethtown IndependentElizabethtown · NCES 2101650$13,110spending per student · FY 2023Pendleton CountyButler · NCES 2104740$13,093spending per student · FY 2023Whitley CountyWilliamsburg · NCES 2105880$13,081spending per student · FY 2023Oldham CountyBuckner · NCES 2104530$13,019spending per student · FY 2023Crittenden CountyMarion · NCES 2101380$13,015spending per student · FY 2023Webster CountyClay · NCES 2105820$12,992spending per student · FY 2023Fort Thomas IndependentFort Thomas · NCES 2102040$12,975spending per student · FY 2023Harrison CountyCynthiana · NCES 2102580$12,974spending per student · FY 2023Graves CountyFancy Farm · NCES 2102280$12,902spending per student · FY 2023Robertson CountyMount Olivet · NCES 2105040$12,850spending per student · FY 2023LaRue CountyHodgenville · NCES 2103180$12,812spending per student · FY 2023Hopkins CountyMadisonville · NCES 2102860$12,749spending per student · FY 2023Bath CountyOwingsville · NCES 2100330$12,731spending per student · FY 2023Pulaski CountyBurnside · NCES 2104950$12,724spending per student · FY 2023Christian CountyHopkinsville · NCES 2101150$12,723spending per student · FY 2023Lyon CountyEddyville · NCES 2103690$12,723spending per student · FY 2023Grayson CountyCaneyville · NCES 2102300$12,707spending per student · FY 2023Carter CountyGrayson · NCES 2101020$12,650spending per student · FY 2023Logan CountyAdairville · NCES 2103540$12,613spending per student · FY 2023Laurel CountyLondon · NCES 2103210$12,611spending per student · FY 2023Edmonson CountyBrownsville · NCES 2101620$12,605spending per student · FY 2023Caldwell CountyPrinceton · NCES 2100840$12,566spending per student · FY 2023Rowan CountyMorehead · NCES 2105100$12,419spending per student · FY 2023Harlan IndependentHarlan · NCES 2102520$12,385spending per student · FY 2023Nicholas CountyCarlisle · NCES 2104470$12,359spending per student · FY 2023Allen CountyScottsville · NCES 2100070$12,352spending per student · FY 2023Montgomery CountyMount Sterling · NCES 2104250$12,347spending per student · FY 2023Science Hill IndependentScience Hill · NCES 2105220$12,338spending per student · FY 2023Trimble CountyBedford · NCES 2105610$12,324spending per student · FY 2023Madison CountyRichmond · NCES 2103720$12,260spending per student · FY 2023Eminence IndependentFort Knox · NCES 2101710$12,236spending per student · FY 2023Beechwood IndependentFort Mitchell · NCES 2100360$12,233spending per student · FY 2023Anderson CountyLawrenceburg · NCES 2100120$12,208spending per student · FY 2023Corbin IndependentCorbin · NCES 2101320$12,165spending per student · FY 2023Kenton CountyIndependence · NCES 2103090$12,155spending per student · FY 2023Spencer CountyTaylorsville · NCES 2105490$12,139spending per student · FY 2023Scott CountyGeorgetown · NCES 2105260$12,100spending per student · FY 2023East Bernstadt IndependentEast Bernstadt · NCES 2101590$12,076spending per student · FY 2023Warren CountyAlvaton · NCES 2105730$12,051spending per student · FY 2023Bullitt CountyShepherdsville · NCES 2100750$11,997spending per student · FY 2023Ohio CountyBeaver Dam · NCES 2104500$11,933spending per student · FY 2023Barbourville IndependentBarbourville · NCES 2100240$11,723spending per student · FY 2023Meade CountyBrandenburg · NCES 2104050$11,339spending per student · FY 2023