District profile / Kentucky

McCracken County

Paducah, Kentucky · Public school district · #18 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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6,782

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,048

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

McCracken County is a public school district based in Paducah, Kentucky, serving 6,782 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #18 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 484 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,048 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How McCracken County compares

McCracken CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,048

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

Instruction spending per student$7,064

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

Students per school484

Kentucky median 387 · 25% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Kentucky median 15.4 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor357

Kentucky median 352 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$90.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 47%Local 36%

Measure	McCracken County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,048	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,064	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$98.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$90.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	419	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	938	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	357	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 · this district	6,782	14	$11,048	16.2	#18
Henderson CountyHenderson	6,707	13	$12,338	16.0	#19
Hopkins CountyMadisonville	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
Nixa Public SchoolsNixa, MO	6,792	$9,459	15.0
Waterford School DistrictWaterford, MI	6,773	$13,902	14.9
DeKalb CUSD 428Dekalb, IL	6,771	$15,190	13.9
Novi Community School DistrictNovi, MI	6,770	$12,531	16.4

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-mccracken-county