District profile / Kentucky

Lewis County

Vanceburg, Kentucky · Public school district · #100 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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1,942

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,583

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Lewis County is a public school district based in Vanceburg, Kentucky, serving 1,942 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #100 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 27% of them. Its schools average 277 students each, fewer than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,583 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.4 students per teacher.

How Lewis County compares

Lewis CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,583

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

Instruction spending per student$6,222

Kentucky median $6,885 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school277

Kentucky median 387 · 28% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.4

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor277

Kentucky median 352 · 21% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$30.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 64%Local 15%

Measure	Lewis County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,583	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,222	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$32.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$30.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	126	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	327	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.4	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	277	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
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
Lewis CountyVanceburg · this district	1,942	7	$11,583	15.4	#100
Bath CountyOwingsville	1,936	5	$10,795	15.2	#101

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Galt Joint Union HighGalt, CA	1,943	$12,857	22.6
Van Wert CityVan Wert, OH	1,943	$12,468	15.7
Saco Public SchoolsSaco, ME	1,942	$12,784	11.6
Avonworth School DistrictPittsburgh, PA	1,942	$15,908	13.8

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-lewis-county