Nicholas County
A public school district in Carlisle, Kentucky, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,080
- Students enrolled
- 60.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 152.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,359
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,080 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,091st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 131st of 175 in Kentucky. Larger than 60% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,359 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 19% 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
Nicholas County spent $12,359 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,457 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
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,359 | $13.8 million | 1,119 |
| FY2022 | $11,206 | $12.8 million | 1,138 |
| FY2021 | $9,684 | $10.6 million | 1,091 |
| FY2020 | $9,747 | $11.0 million | 1,124 |
| FY2019 | $10,059 | $11.3 million | 1,126 |
| FY2018 | $10,059 | $11.1 million | 1,108 |
| FY2017 | $8,798 | $10.5 million | 1,194 |
| FY2016 | $8,511 | $10.1 million | 1,184 |
| FY2015 | $8,268 | $9.8 million | 1,189 |
| FY2014 | $9,210 | $9.6 million | 1,044 |
| FY2013 | $7,952 | $9.3 million | 1,171 |
| FY2012 | $8,206 | $10.0 million | 1,217 |
| FY2011 | $8,646 | $10.5 million | 1,217 |
| FY2010 | $8,673 | $10.9 million | 1,252 |
| FY2009 | $8,155 | $10.2 million | 1,253 |
| FY2008 | $7,683 | $9.5 million | 1,231 |
| FY2007 | $7,292 | $8.8 million | 1,204 |
| FY2006 | $6,652 | $8.5 million | 1,277 |
| FY2005 | $6,457 | $8.1 million | 1,261 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.7 million | 20.4% |
| State | $11.3 million | 62.9% |
| Local | $3.0 million | 16.7% |
| Total | $17.9 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Nicholas County Elementary School | 645 |
| Nicholas County High School | 435 |
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
- 2104470
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Kentucky — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Kentucky — A to Z, each with its page.
- Kentucky on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved