District profile / Kentucky

Pendleton County

Falmouth, Kentucky · Public school district · #89 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,130

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,281

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% below the Kentucky median

16.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Pendleton County is a public school district based in Falmouth, Kentucky, serving 2,130 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #89 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 35% of them. Its schools average 532 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $10,281 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% less than the Kentucky median. It has roughly 16.5 students per teacher.

How Pendleton County compares

Pendleton CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,281

Kentucky median $11,572 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,040

Kentucky median $6,885 · 12% below · FY2020-21

Students per school532

Kentucky median 387 · 37% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.5

Kentucky median 15.4 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor355

Kentucky median 352 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 62%Local 24%

Measure	Pendleton County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,281	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,040	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	129	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	310	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.5	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	355	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
Fleming CountyFlemingsburg	2,183	5	$11,057	14.6	#86
Casey CountyLiberty	2,179	5	$11,756	14.4	#87
Webster CountyDixon	2,165	6	$11,124	18.2	#88
Pendleton CountyFalmouth · this district	2,130	4	$10,281	16.5	#89
Union CountyMorganfield	2,087	8	$12,447	15.1	#90

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Clarke CountyGrove Hill, AL	2,130	$11,575	17.2
Escanaba Area Public SchoolsEscanaba, MI	2,130	$11,124	17.8
Schuylkill Valley School DistrictLeesport, PA	2,130	$17,746	15.0
Lamar CountyVernon, AL	2,129	$10,105	16.0

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.

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