District profile / Kentucky

Marshall County

Benton, Kentucky · Public school district · #31 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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4,302

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,008

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Marshall County is a public school district based in Benton, Kentucky, serving 4,302 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #31 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 78% of them. Its schools average 358 students each, about the same as the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,008 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.4 students per teacher.

How Marshall County compares

Marshall CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,008

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

Instruction spending per student$6,739

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

Students per school358

Kentucky median 387 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.4

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor287

Kentucky median 352 · 18% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$60.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 50%Local 34%

Measure	Marshall County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,008	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,739	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$57.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$60.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	279	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	654	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.4	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	287	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
Montgomery CountyMount Sterling	4,442	8	$10,407	16.6	#29
Muhlenberg CountyPowderly	4,410	10	$11,599	14.9	#30
Marshall CountyBenton · this district	4,302	12	$11,008	15.4	#31
Whitley CountyWilliamsburg	4,234	11	$11,595	14.9	#32
Nelson CountyBardstown	4,227	13	$11,755	15.3	#33

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Middleton DistrictMiddleton, ID	4,306	$7,229	19.0
Avon LocalAvon, OH	4,303	$10,241	20.2
Encinitas Union ElementaryEncinitas, CA	4,298	$14,332	23.7
Big Walnut LocalSunbury, OH	4,298	$11,768	18.6

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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