District profile / Kentucky

Boone County

Florence, Kentucky · Public school district · #3 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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20,514

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,964

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Boone County is a public school district based in Florence, Kentucky, serving 20,514 students in 28 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 733 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,964 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.6 students per teacher.

How Boone County compares

Boone CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,964

Kentucky median $11,572 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,063

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

Students per school733

Kentucky median 387 · 89% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.6

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor336

Kentucky median 352 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$279.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 40%Local 52%

Measure	Boone County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,964	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,063	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$287.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$279.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,317	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,925	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.6	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	336	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
Boone CountyFlorence · this district	20,514	28	$11,964	15.6	#3
Warren CountyBowling Green	18,559	34	$9,678	16.4	#4
Hardin CountyElizabethtown	14,583	27	$10,877	15.4	#5
Kenton CountyFort Wright	13,834	22	$10,383	17.7	#6
Bullitt CountyShepherdsville	13,007	25	$10,867	17.1	#7

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lake Elsinore UnifiedLake Elsinore, CA	20,559	$13,540	23.1
William S. Hart Union HighSanta Clarita, CA	20,493	$11,844	23.1
Everett School DistrictEverett, WA	20,489	$16,124	19.1
Pomona UnifiedPomona, CA	20,475	$15,804	21.1

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-boone-county