District profile / Kentucky

Hopkins County

Madisonville, Kentucky · Public school district · #20 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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6,265

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,746

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the Kentucky median

14.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Hopkins County is a public school district based in Madisonville, Kentucky, serving 6,265 students in 18 schools. By enrollment it ranks #20 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 86% of them. Its schools average 348 students each, fewer than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $10,746 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Kentucky median. It has roughly 14.7 students per teacher.

How Hopkins County compares

Hopkins CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,746

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

Instruction spending per student$6,283

Kentucky median $6,885 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school348

Kentucky median 387 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.7

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor330

Kentucky median 352 · 6% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$77.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 58%Local 28%

Measure	Hopkins County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,746	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,283	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$75.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$77.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	426	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	944	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.7	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	330	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	6,707	13	$12,338	16.0	#19
Hopkins CountyMadisonville · this district	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
Maine Township HSD 207Park Ridge, IL	6,272	$29,505	15.2
Quincy School District 172Quincy, IL	6,264	$12,639	16.0
Gordon CountyCalhoun, GA	6,259	$11,694	13.9
Freeport Union Free School DistrictFreeport, NY	6,259	$25,285	11.5

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.

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