District profile / Kentucky

Rockcastle County

Mount Vernon, Kentucky · Public school district · #65 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,793

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,701

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Rockcastle County is a public school district based in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, serving 2,793 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #65 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 53% of them. Its schools average 466 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,701 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Rockcastle County compares

Rockcastle CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,701

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

Instruction spending per student$7,470

Kentucky median $6,885 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Students per school466

Kentucky median 387 · 20% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Kentucky median 15.4 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor310

Kentucky median 352 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$35.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 24%State 64%Local 12%

Measure	Rockcastle County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,701	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,470	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$35.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	191	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	461	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	310	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
Bardstown IndependentBardstown	2,869	6	$12,291	16.9	#64
Rockcastle CountyMount Vernon · this district	2,793	6	$11,701	14.6	#65
Taylor CountyCampbellsville	2,704	6	$11,474	16.1	#66
Cloverport IndependentCloverport	2,685	2	$13,430	22.4	#67
Breckinridge CountyHardinsburg	2,677	6	$11,015	15.5	#68

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Danville Community School CorporationDanville, IN	2,795	$9,465	18.1
Yorktown Community SchoolsYorktown, IN	2,793	$9,052	17.1
Cleveland School DistrictCleveland, MS	2,793	$10,593	11.9
Lincoln County School DistrictBrookhaven, MS	2,791	$8,756	13.9

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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