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Graves County

A public school district in Mayfield, Kentucky, with 10 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

3,906
Students enrolled
256.6
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
624.6
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,902
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 3,906 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 2,500th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 37th of 175 in Kentucky. Larger than 85% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,902 in fiscal year 2023
More than 24% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Graves County spent $12,902 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,324 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

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The figures

Graves County spent $12,902 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,324 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$12,902$51.3 million3,977
FY2022$11,663$46.3 million3,970
FY2021$11,095$43.9 million3,961
FY2020$10,485$44.7 million4,259
FY2019$10,301$44.2 million4,292
FY2018$10,262$44.9 million4,377
FY2017$9,463$41.7 million4,411
FY2016$8,919$40.4 million4,532
FY2015$8,537$39.9 million4,676
FY2014$8,040$38.3 million4,764
FY2013$8,160$39.3 million4,811
FY2012$8,314$39.6 million4,766
FY2011$8,112$38.6 million4,756
FY2010$7,950$38.7 million4,870
FY2009$7,967$37.8 million4,741
FY2008$7,985$38.1 million4,772
FY2007$7,384$34.5 million4,669
FY2006$6,733$32.1 million4,767
FY2005$6,324$30.1 million4,757

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Graves County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$11.9 million19.5%
State$33.1 million54.3%
Local$16.0 million26.2%
Total$60.9 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

10 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Graves County
SchoolStudents
Fancy Farm Elementary School271
Farmington Elementary School288
Gateway Academy High School48
Graves County Central Elementary480
Graves County High School1,145
Graves County Middle School556
Mayfield Youth Development Center6
Sedalia Elementary School376
Symsonia Elementary School370
Wingo Elementary School366

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not applicable
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2102280

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved