District profile / Kentucky

Henry County

New Castle, Kentucky · Public school district · #96 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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1,984

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,085

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Henry County is a public school district based in New Castle, Kentucky, serving 1,984 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #96 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 30% of them. Its schools average 331 students each, fewer than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,085 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.6 students per teacher.

How Henry County compares

Henry CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,085

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

Instruction spending per student$6,373

Kentucky median $6,885 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school331

Kentucky median 387 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.6

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor397

Kentucky median 352 · 13% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$27.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 59%Local 27%

Measure	Henry County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,085	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,373	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$27.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	127	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	333	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.6	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	397	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
Jackson CountyMcKee	1,997	8	$12,034	14.4	#95
Henry CountyNew Castle · this district	1,984	6	$11,085	15.6	#96
Carroll CountyCarrollton	1,976	6	$13,920	15.6	#97
Trigg CountyCadiz	1,954	6	$12,287	16.1	#98
Murray IndependentMurray	1,946	4	$13,340	15.3	#99

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Cudahy School DistrictCudahy, WI	1,985	$15,333	13.5
St Marys CitySaint Marys, OH	1,984	$11,707	15.6
Hillsboro ISDHillsboro, TX	1,984	$11,624	14.1
Woodridge LocalPeninsula, OH	1,983	$14,207	16.1

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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