District profile / Kentucky

Boyle County

Danville, Kentucky · Public school district · #62 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,951

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,949

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Boyle County is a public school district based in Danville, Kentucky, serving 2,951 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #62 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 422 students each, about the same as the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,949 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.9 students per teacher.

How Boyle County compares

Boyle CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,949

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

Instruction spending per student$6,828

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

Students per school422

Kentucky median 387 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.9

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor268

Kentucky median 352 · 24% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$38.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 60%Local 29%

Measure	Boyle County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,949	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,828	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$38.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	186	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	404	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.9	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	268	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
Calloway CountyMurray	3,020	8	$10,820	16.2	#59
Boyd CountyAshland	2,994	11	$13,468	13.0	#60
Harrison CountyCynthiana	2,982	7	$11,044	17.2	#61
Boyle CountyDanville · this district	2,951	7	$11,949	15.9	#62
Clay CountyManchester	2,948	10	$11,127	13.6	#63

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Coffee CountyElba, AL	2,953	$10,500	18.2
Jasper CityJasper, AL	2,950	$10,965	17.7
Cook County School District 130Blue Island, IL	2,950	$14,312	12.7
Jay School CorporationPortland, IN	2,950	$10,450	13.8

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.

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