Whitley County
A public school district in Williamsburg, Kentucky, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,234
- Students enrolled
- 284
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 715
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,081
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,234 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,290th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 32nd of 175 in Kentucky. Larger than 87% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,081 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 26% 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
Whitley County spent $13,081 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,297 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 | $13,081 | $56.7 million | 4,336 |
| FY2022 | $13,254 | $54.3 million | 4,096 |
| FY2021 | $11,595 | $49.9 million | 4,302 |
| FY2020 | $11,540 | $50.5 million | 4,373 |
| FY2019 | $11,410 | $49.6 million | 4,350 |
| FY2018 | $11,044 | $48.8 million | 4,418 |
| FY2017 | $10,017 | $44.7 million | 4,462 |
| FY2016 | $9,915 | $44.5 million | 4,490 |
| FY2015 | $9,567 | $43.8 million | 4,579 |
| FY2014 | $9,772 | $43.5 million | 4,447 |
| FY2013 | $9,859 | $45.1 million | 4,573 |
| FY2012 | $9,916 | $46.0 million | 4,638 |
| FY2011 | $10,081 | $46.0 million | 4,559 |
| FY2010 | $9,410 | $45.6 million | 4,842 |
| FY2009 | $9,000 | $43.5 million | 4,828 |
| FY2008 | $8,588 | $42.0 million | 4,890 |
| FY2007 | $8,714 | $40.0 million | 4,591 |
| FY2006 | $8,045 | $40.3 million | 5,005 |
| FY2005 | $7,297 | $36.3 million | 4,980 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $18.1 million | 26.5% |
| State | $41.5 million | 60.6% |
| Local | $8.8 million | 12.9% |
| Total | $68.5 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
- 2105880
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