District profile / Kentucky

Livingston County

Smithland, Kentucky · Public school district · #133 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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1,020

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,799

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 19% above the Kentucky median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Livingston County is a public school district based in Smithland, Kentucky, serving 1,020 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #133 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 3% of them. Its schools average 255 students each, fewer than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $13,799 per student on day-to-day operations, 19% more than the Kentucky median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How Livingston County compares

Livingston CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,799

Kentucky median $11,572 · 19% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,292

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

Students per school255

Kentucky median 387 · 34% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Kentucky median 15.4 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor170

Kentucky median 352 · 52% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 45%Local 39%

Measure	Livingston County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,799	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,292	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	63	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	187	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	170	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
Livingston CountySmithland · this district	1,020	4	$13,799	16.2	#133
Hazard IndependentHazard	1,016	5	$13,166	13.9	#134
Ballard CountyBarlow	1,015	5	$11,838	15.4	#135
Cumberland CountyBurkesville	1,011	3	$12,823	15.3	#136
Eminence IndependentEminence	1,006	2	$11,304	14.2	#137

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
OsawatomieOsawatomie, KS	1,021	$15,005	12.0
RSU 64/msad 64East Corinth, ME	1,021	$15,308	13.3
Bath Community SchoolsBath, MI	1,021	$10,700	18.2
Treutlen CountySoperton, GA	1,020	$11,904	12.0

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-livingston-county