District profile / Kentucky

Henderson County

Henderson, Kentucky · Public school district · #19 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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6,707

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,338

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% above the Kentucky median

16.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Henderson County is a public school district based in Henderson, Kentucky, serving 6,707 students in 13 schools. By enrollment it ranks #19 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 87% of them. Its schools average 516 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $12,338 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% more than the Kentucky median. It has roughly 16.0 students per teacher.

How Henderson County compares

Henderson CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,338

Kentucky median $11,572 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,808

Kentucky median $6,885 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school516

Kentucky median 387 · 33% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.0

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor353

Kentucky median 352 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$100.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 52%Local 27%

Measure	Henderson County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,338	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,808	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$100.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$100.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	420	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,043	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.0	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	353	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
Shelby CountyShelbyville	6,985	15	$11,487	16.9	#17
McCracken CountyPaducah	6,782	14	$11,048	16.2	#18
Henderson CountyHenderson · this district	6,707	13	$12,338	16.0	#19
Hopkins CountyMadisonville	6,265	18	$10,746	14.7	#20
Franklin CountyFrankfort	6,199	16	$11,581	14.7	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Warsaw Community SchoolsWarsaw, IN	6,709	$9,617	13.2
Hudsonville Public School DistrictHudsonville, MI	6,709	$11,560	16.0
Wauwatosa School DistrictWauwatosa, WI	6,704	$13,073	12.9
Red Oak ISDRed Oak, TX	6,696	$10,014	16.0

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-henderson-county