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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
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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$13,081$56.7 million4,336
FY2022$13,254$54.3 million4,096
FY2021$11,595$49.9 million4,302
FY2020$11,540$50.5 million4,373
FY2019$11,410$49.6 million4,350
FY2018$11,044$48.8 million4,418
FY2017$10,017$44.7 million4,462
FY2016$9,915$44.5 million4,490
FY2015$9,567$43.8 million4,579
FY2014$9,772$43.5 million4,447
FY2013$9,859$45.1 million4,573
FY2012$9,916$46.0 million4,638
FY2011$10,081$46.0 million4,559
FY2010$9,410$45.6 million4,842
FY2009$9,000$43.5 million4,828
FY2008$8,588$42.0 million4,890
FY2007$8,714$40.0 million4,591
FY2006$8,045$40.3 million5,005
FY2005$7,297$36.3 million4,980

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Whitley County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$18.1 million26.5%
State$41.5 million60.6%
Local$8.8 million12.9%
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

Schools in Whitley County
SchoolStudents
Boston Elementary School206
Colonel Academy172
Oak Grove Elementary School669
Pleasant View Elementary School229
Whitley Central Intermediate School456
Whitley County Alternative School52
Whitley County Central Primary School413
Whitley County East Elementary School268
Whitley County High School919
Whitley County Middle School547
Whitley County North Elementary School303

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

Sources

Data retrieved