District profile / Kentucky

Anderson County

Lawrenceburg, Kentucky · Public school district · #40 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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3,633

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,599

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Kentucky median

15.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Anderson County is a public school district based in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, serving 3,633 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #40 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 71% of them. Its schools average 519 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $10,599 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Kentucky median. It has roughly 15.7 students per teacher.

How Anderson County compares

Anderson CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,599

Kentucky median $11,572 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,912

Kentucky median $6,885 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school519

Kentucky median 387 · 34% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.7

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor363

Kentucky median 352 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 53%Local 32%

Measure	Anderson County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,599	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,912	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$42.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	231	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	482	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.7	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	363	352	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Kentucky median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Kentucky

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Ohio CountyHartford	3,726	10	$10,460	16.2	#38
Knox CountyBarbourville	3,718	14	$13,441	12.1	#39
Anderson CountyLawrenceburg · this district	3,633	7	$10,599	15.7	#40
Covington IndependentCovington	3,557	11	$14,394	13.3	#41
Logan CountyRussellville	3,443	7	$11,144	16.4	#42

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Valley Center-Pauma UnifiedValley Center, CA	3,636	$12,715	26.0
Marion 10Marion, SC	3,633	$12,570	15.4
TullahomaTullahoma, TN	3,632	$11,359	n/a
Bergenfield Borough School DistrictBergenfield, NJ	3,631	$22,714	12.5

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ky-anderson-county