District profile / Kentucky

Casey County

Liberty, Kentucky · Public school district · #87 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,179

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,756

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Casey County is a public school district based in Liberty, Kentucky, serving 2,179 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #87 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 37% of them. Its schools average 436 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,756 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How Casey County compares

Casey CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,756

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

Instruction spending per student$6,993

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

Students per school436

Kentucky median 387 · 13% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Kentucky median 15.4 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor311

Kentucky median 352 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$32.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 62%Local 16%

Measure	Casey County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,756	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,993	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$30.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$32.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	151	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	370	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	311	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
Butler CountyMorgantown	2,219	6	$10,934	17.1	#84
Estill CountyIrvine	2,216	6	$10,575	16.2	#85
Fleming CountyFlemingsburg	2,183	5	$11,057	14.6	#86
Casey CountyLiberty · this district	2,179	5	$11,756	14.4	#87
Webster CountyDixon	2,165	6	$11,124	18.2	#88

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Brooks CountyQuitman, GA	2,179	$13,310	13.4
Fremont County Joint DistrictSt Anthony, ID	2,179	$9,382	16.9
LynnfieldLynnfield, MA	2,178	$18,851	12.8
Eastpointe Community SchoolsEastpointe, MI	2,178	$12,340	17.1

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.

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