District profile / Kentucky

Estill County

Irvine, Kentucky · Public school district · #85 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,216

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,575

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% below the Kentucky median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Estill County is a public school district based in Irvine, Kentucky, serving 2,216 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #85 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 38% of them. Its schools average 369 students each, about the same as the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $10,575 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% less than the Kentucky median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How Estill County compares

Estill CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,575

Kentucky median $11,572 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,547

Kentucky median $6,885 · 19% below · FY2020-21

Students per school369

Kentucky median 387 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Kentucky median 15.4 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor369

Kentucky median 352 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$30.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 68%Local 13%

Measure	Estill County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,575	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,547	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$38.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$30.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	137	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	363	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	369	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 · this district	2,216	6	$10,575	16.2	#85
Fleming CountyFlemingsburg	2,183	5	$11,057	14.6	#86
Casey CountyLiberty	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
Hillsboro CityHillsboro, OH	2,218	$14,291	19.8
Bandera ISDBandera, TX	2,218	$10,459	14.2
Templeton UnifiedTempleton, CA	2,215	$11,637	21.5
McHenry CHSD 156McHenry, IL	2,214	$19,278	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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