District profile / Kentucky

Leslie County

Hyden, Kentucky · Public school district · #117 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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1,538

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,803

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

14.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Leslie County is a public school district based in Hyden, Kentucky, serving 1,538 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #117 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 15% of them. Its schools average 308 students each, fewer than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,803 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.8 students per teacher.

How Leslie County compares

Leslie CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,803

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

Instruction spending per student$7,132

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

Students per school308

Kentucky median 387 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.8

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor308

Kentucky median 352 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 65%Local 15%

Measure	Leslie County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,803	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,132	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$22.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	104	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	287	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.8	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	308	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
Beechwood IndependentFort Mitchell	1,572	3	$10,571	18.9	#116
Leslie CountyHyden · this district	1,538	5	$11,803	14.8	#117
Clinton CountyAlbany	1,491	5	$12,617	13.0	#118
Hancock CountyHawesville	1,449	5	$12,163	14.3	#119
Gallatin CountyWarsaw	1,426	4	$11,719	17.2	#120

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Forest Ridge School District 142Oak Forest, IL	1,539	$13,496	14.8
York Public SchoolsYork, ME	1,539	$21,486	9.5
Cleveland Public SchoolsCleveland, OK	1,538	$9,361	15.7
ParisParis, TN	1,538	$10,429	n/a

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-leslie-county