Erlanger-Elsmere Independent
Erlanger-Elsmere Independent is a public school district based in Erlanger, Kentucky, serving 2,431 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #80 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 42% of them. Its schools average 304 students each, fewer than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $12,146 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.8 students per teacher.
How Erlanger-Elsmere Independent compares
Spending and staffing
| Measure | Erlanger-Elsmere Independent | Kentucky median | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current spending per student | $12,146 | $11,572 | FY2020-21 |
| Instruction spending per student | $8,232 | $6,885 | FY2020-21 |
| Total spending | $35.4 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Total revenue | $39.1 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 164 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Total staff (full-time equivalent) | 367 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Students per teacher | 14.8 | 15.4 | 2024-25 |
| Students per counselor | 203 | 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
Compare side by side →| District | Students | Schools | Spending per student | Students per teacher | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown IndependentElizabethtown | 2,459 | 7 | $10,862 | 15.1 | #77 |
| LaRue CountyHodgenville | 2,448 | 6 | $11,308 | 15.9 | #78 |
| Bell CountyPineville | 2,437 | 7 | $13,017 | 14.9 | #79 |
| Erlanger-Elsmere IndependentErlanger · this district | 2,431 | 8 | $12,146 | 14.8 | #80 |
| Letcher CountyWhitesburg | 2,429 | 9 | $12,111 | 14.5 | #81 |
Similar-size districts nationally
| District | Students | Spending per student | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Twp HSD 227Matteson, IL | 2,433 | $26,529 | 12.3 |
| Brookhaven School DistrictBrookhaven, MS | 2,432 | $10,034 | 12.0 |
| North Branch Area SchoolsNorth Branch, MI | 2,431 | $9,478 | 18.6 |
| Salado ISDSalado, TX | 2,429 | $9,227 | 16.3 |
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.
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