District profile / Kentucky

Taylor County

Campbellsville, Kentucky · Public school district · #66 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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2,704

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,474

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

16.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Taylor County is a public school district based in Campbellsville, Kentucky, serving 2,704 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #66 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 451 students each, more than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,474 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.1 students per teacher.

How Taylor County compares

Taylor CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,474

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

Instruction spending per student$7,193

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

Students per school451

Kentucky median 387 · 17% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.1

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor300

Kentucky median 352 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 55%Local 27%

Measure	Taylor County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,474	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,193	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$36.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	168	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	439	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.1	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	300	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
Taylor CountyCampbellsville · this district	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
Mercer CountyHarrodsburg	2,675	6	$11,546	15.8	#69
Mason CountyMaysville	2,668	4	$11,572	16.1	#70

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
San Rafael City HighSan Rafael, CA	2,706	$14,978	19.8
Jasper CountyMonticello, GA	2,706	$12,253	13.7
North Branch Area Public SchoolsNorth Branch, MN	2,704	$11,672	17.7
Mt Healthy CityCincinnati, OH	2,704	$16,378	23.9

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ky-taylor-county