District profile / Kentucky

Hart County

Munfordville, Kentucky · Public school district · #82 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,322

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,629

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Hart County is a public school district based in Munfordville, Kentucky, serving 2,322 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #82 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 40% of them. Its schools average 387 students each, about the same as the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,629 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Hart County compares

Hart CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,629

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

Instruction spending per student$6,869

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

Students per school387

Kentucky median 387 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Kentucky median 15.4 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor332

Kentucky median 352 · 6% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$35.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 65%Local 21%

Measure	Hart County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,629	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,869	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$31.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$35.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	169	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	380	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	332	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
Erlanger-Elsmere IndependentErlanger	2,431	8	$12,146	14.8	#80
Letcher CountyWhitesburg	2,429	9	$12,111	14.5	#81
Hart CountyMunfordville · this district	2,322	6	$11,629	13.7	#82
Lawrence CountyLouisa	2,287	6	$11,942	13.9	#83
Butler CountyMorgantown	2,219	6	$10,934	17.1	#84

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Rosemead ElementaryRosemead, CA	2,322	$14,539	20.7
Orleans ParishNew Orleans, LA	2,322	$30,003	11.2
HudsonHudson, MA	2,322	$21,397	10.0
Island Trees Union Free School DistrictLevittown, NY	2,322	$28,153	11.4

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ky-hart-county