District profile / Kentucky

Todd County

Elkton, Kentucky · Public school district · #103 of 137 Kentucky districts by enrollment

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1,886

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,269

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kentucky median

15.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kentucky median 15.4

Todd County is a public school district based in Elkton, Kentucky, serving 1,886 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #103 of the 137 Kentucky districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 25% of them. Its schools average 269 students each, fewer than the Kentucky median of 387. It spends about $11,269 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.1 students per teacher.

How Todd County compares

Todd CountyKentucky median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,269

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

Instruction spending per student$6,156

Kentucky median $6,885 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Students per school269

Kentucky median 387 · 30% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.1

Kentucky median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor472

Kentucky median 352 · 34% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 59%Local 21%

Measure	Todd County	Kentucky median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,269	$11,572	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,156	$6,885	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	125	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	354	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.1	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	472	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
Magoffin CountySalyersville	1,903	5	$11,784	14.1	#102
Todd CountyElkton · this district	1,886	7	$11,269	15.1	#103
Walton-Verona IndependentWalton	1,880	5	$11,479	14.8	#104
Caldwell CountyPrinceton	1,879	4	$10,593	17.7	#105
Edmonson CountyBrownsville	1,857	5	$10,611	15.7	#106

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
IndependenceIndependence, KS	1,887	$11,514	14.2
Lago Vista ISDLago Vista, TX	1,887	$10,183	14.5
Plainfield School DistrictPlainfield, CT	1,886	$20,377	11.2
ClintonClinton, MO	1,885	$10,197	13.5

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-todd-county