Rowan County
A public school district in Morehead, Kentucky, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,435
- Students enrolled
- 193
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 480
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,419
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,435 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,864th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 44th of 175 in Kentucky. Larger than 83% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,419 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
Rowan County spent $12,419 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,063 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 | $12,419 | $42.6 million | 3,429 |
| FY2022 | $11,750 | $38.3 million | 3,258 |
| FY2021 | $10,775 | $35.8 million | 3,326 |
| FY2020 | $9,911 | $35.2 million | 3,548 |
| FY2019 | $9,858 | $34.2 million | 3,473 |
| FY2018 | $10,042 | $34.0 million | 3,386 |
| FY2017 | $9,349 | $30.9 million | 3,308 |
| FY2016 | $9,302 | $30.3 million | 3,256 |
| FY2015 | $8,478 | $28.7 million | 3,380 |
| FY2014 | $8,927 | $28.4 million | 3,179 |
| FY2013 | $8,685 | $29.0 million | 3,340 |
| FY2012 | $8,757 | $29.3 million | 3,343 |
| FY2011 | $8,750 | $29.4 million | 3,363 |
| FY2010 | $8,557 | $29.0 million | 3,393 |
| FY2009 | $8,607 | $28.1 million | 3,270 |
| FY2008 | $8,045 | $26.4 million | 3,286 |
| FY2007 | $8,115 | $25.5 million | 3,145 |
| FY2006 | $7,511 | $24.7 million | 3,294 |
| FY2005 | $7,063 | $22.3 million | 3,152 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $11.9 million | 22.5% |
| State | $26.1 million | 49.4% |
| Local | $14.8 million | 28.1% |
| Total | $52.9 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
11 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 2105100
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