District profile / Kentucky

Bracken County

Brooksville, Kentucky · Public school district · #128 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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1,133

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,720

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the Kentucky median

16.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Bracken County is a public school district based in Brooksville, Kentucky, serving 1,133 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #128 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 7% of them. Its schools average 378 students each, about the same as the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $10,720 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Kentucky median. It has roughly 16.0 students per teacher.

How Bracken County compares

Bracken CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,720

Kentucky median $11,572 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,328

Kentucky median $6,885 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school378

Kentucky median 387 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.0

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor378

Kentucky median 352 · 7% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$15.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 61%Local 19%

Measure	Bracken County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,720	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,328	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$15.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	71	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	172	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.0	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	378	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
Middlesboro IndependentMiddlesboro	1,168	7	$14,517	12.8	#127
Bracken CountyBrooksville · this district	1,133	3	$10,720	16.0	#128
Pikeville IndependentPikeville	1,129	2	$13,102	13.6	#129
Raceland-Worthington IndependentRaceland	1,120	5	$10,802	15.1	#130
Nicholas CountyCarlisle	1,080	2	$9,684	18.0	#131

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11El Paso, IL	1,135	$10,473	13.0
ChapmanChapman, KS	1,134	$13,108	12.1
Madison ParishTallulah, LA	1,133	$18,310	9.9
Attica Central School DistrictAttica, NY	1,133	$22,944	10.3

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-bracken-county