District profile / Kentucky

Graves County

Mayfield, Kentucky · Public school district · #37 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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3,906

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,095

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Graves County is a public school district based in Mayfield, Kentucky, serving 3,906 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #37 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 74% of them. Its schools average 391 students each, about the same as the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,095 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.3 students per teacher.

How Graves County compares

Graves CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,095

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

Instruction spending per student$6,631

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

Students per school391

Kentucky median 387 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.3

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor260

Kentucky median 352 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$51.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 57%Local 24%

Measure	Graves County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,095	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,631	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$51.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	256	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	624	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.3	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	260	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
Woodford CountyVersailles	4,064	8	$11,659	16.0	#34
Grayson CountyLeitchfield	4,030	9	$10,712	16.4	#35
Carter CountyGrayson	3,983	12	$10,861	16.3	#36
Graves CountyMayfield · this district	3,906	10	$11,095	15.3	#37
Ohio CountyHartford	3,726	10	$10,460	16.2	#38

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Shelbyville Central SchoolsShelbyville, IN	3,909	$9,286	16.1
Kaneland CUSD 302Maple Park, IL	3,908	$19,837	12.1
Mecklenburg County Public SchoolsBoydton, VA	3,907	$11,977	7.8
South Country Central School DistrictEast Patchogue, NY	3,906	$29,401	10.4

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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