District profile / Kentucky

Breckinridge County

Hardinsburg, Kentucky · Public school district · #68 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,677

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,015

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Breckinridge County is a public school district based in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, serving 2,677 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #68 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 51% of them. Its schools average 446 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,015 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.5 students per teacher.

How Breckinridge County compares

Breckinridge CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,015

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

Instruction spending per student$6,636

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

Students per school446

Kentucky median 387 · 15% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.5

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor335

Kentucky median 352 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 56%Local 27%

Measure	Breckinridge County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,015	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,636	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$44.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	173	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	433	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.5	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	335	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
Cloverport IndependentCloverport	2,685	2	$13,430	22.4	#67
Breckinridge CountyHardinsburg · this district	2,677	6	$11,015	15.5	#68
Mercer CountyHarrodsburg	2,675	6	$11,546	15.8	#69
Mason CountyMaysville	2,668	4	$11,572	16.1	#70
McCreary CountyStearns	2,668	5	$12,578	15.1	#71

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
ElizabethtonElizabethton, TN	2,678	$10,631	n/a
Escalon UnifiedEscalon, CA	2,676	$11,395	19.8
Chattooga CountySummerville, GA	2,676	$11,749	14.8
Frankfort CCSD 157CFrankfort, IL	2,676	$15,261	15.5

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.

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