Highest spending per pupil in attendance, KY 2024-25
Spending per pupil in attendance across 170 Kentucky school districts, 2024-25. Owsley County leads at 3,127,600 cents per pupil. KDE; ranked by DistrictFacts.
- Districts ranked
- 170
- Period
- 2024-25
- Publication floor
- 8 districts
- Tie rule
- Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.
KDE audited Annual Financial Report, fiscal year 2025: expenditures for functions 1000–5100 (instruction, support services, non-instructional services, facilities and debt service; fund transfers excluded) in funds 1, 2X, 310, 320, 400 and 51 (general, special revenue, capital outlay, building, debt service and food service), per student in unadjusted average daily attendance, as KDE computes it. KDE marks this district's report audited.
Measure: Spending per pupil (per student in average daily attendance).
Source: KDE.
Ranked districts
- 1. Owsley County — $31,276
- 2. Newport Independent — $29,786
- 3. Southgate Independent — $29,525
- 4. Anchorage Independent — $28,599
- 5. Bellevue Independent — $28,151
- 6. Jenkins Independent — $27,026
- 7. Fairview Independent — $26,449
- 8. Bell County — $26,297
- 9. Caverna Independent — $26,218
- 10. Pineville Independent — $25,645
- 11. Carroll County — $25,522
- 12. Middlesboro Independent — $25,419
- 13. Jefferson County — $25,350
- 14. Wolfe County — $25,142
- 15. Covington Independent — $24,764
- 16. Berea Independent — $24,753
- 17. Letcher County — $24,727
- 18. Fulton Independent — $24,226
- 19. Breathitt County — $24,029
- 20. Boyd County — $23,889
- 21. Augusta Independent — $23,804
- 22. Perry County — $23,790
- 23. Fayette County — $23,350
- 24. Monroe County — $23,192
- 25. Leslie County — $23,113
- 26. Hancock County — $22,952
- 27. Fleming County — $22,949
- 28. Robertson County — $22,913
- 29. Nelson County — $22,843
- 30. Knox County — $22,819
- 31. Magoffin County — $22,810
- 32. Dayton Independent — $22,729
- 33. Clinton County — $22,711
- 34. Williamsburg Independent — $22,588
- 35. Williamstown Independent — $22,490
- 36. Paducah Independent — $22,339
- 37. Frankfort Independent — $22,275
- 38. Floyd County — $22,124
- 39. Harlan County — $22,092
- 40. Knott County — $22,067
- 41. Russellville Independent — $22,064
- 42. Jackson County — $22,017
- 43. Danville Independent — $21,757
- 44. Greenup County — $21,713
- 45. Livingston County — $21,513
- 46. Metcalfe County — $21,510
- 47. Pike County — $21,467
- 48. Clark County — $21,438
- 49. Gallatin County — $21,416
- 50. Hazard Independent — $21,403
- 51. Paintsville Independent — $21,376
- 52. Taylor County — $21,256
- 53. Menifee County — $21,229
- 54. Campbellsville Independent — $21,153
- 55. Cumberland County — $21,104
- 56. Johnson County — $21,099
- 57. Crittenden County — $21,010
- 58. Lincoln County — $20,948
- 59. Hart County — $20,890
- 60. Owensboro Independent — $20,797
- 61. Morgan County — $20,776
- 62. Clay County — $20,760
- 63. Owen County — $20,748
- 64. Ashland Independent — $20,738
- 65. Fulton County — $20,681
- 66. Lewis County — $20,660
- 67. Whitley County — $20,648
- 68. Bourbon County — $20,647
- 69. Martin County — $20,632
- 70. Barren County — $20,517
- 71. Elliott County — $20,368
- 72. Mason County — $20,099
- 73. Franklin County — $20,055
- 74. Muhlenberg County — $20,011
- 75. McLean County — $19,971
- 76. Wayne County — $19,959
- 77. Erlanger-Elsmere Independent — $19,912
- 78. Garrard County — $19,871
- 79. Lee County — $19,820
- 80. Mercer County — $19,807
- 81. Pendleton County — $19,740
- 82. Washington County — $19,732
- 83. Henry County — $19,698
- 84. Hardin County — $19,659
- 85. Jessamine County — $19,642
- 86. Butler County — $19,593
- 87. Bath County — $19,570
- 88. Trimble County — $19,561
- 89. Carlisle County — $19,508
- 90. Rockcastle County — $19,503
- 91. Ballard County — $19,489
- 92. Bardstown Independent — $19,423
- 93. Casey County — $19,364
- 94. Scott County — $19,360
- 95. Green County — $19,320
- 96. Powell County — $19,313
- 97. Ludlow Independent — $19,286
- 98. Murray Independent — $19,246
- 99. Bracken County — $19,208
- 100. Walton-Verona Independent — $19,150
- 101. Breckinridge County — $19,148
- 102. Hickman County — $19,145
- 103. Woodford County — $19,128
- 104. Marshall County — $19,120
- 105. Lawrence County — $19,059
- 106. Daviess County — $18,974
- 107. Estill County — $18,968
- 108. Grant County — $18,962
- 109. Marion County — $18,936
- 110. Paris Independent — $18,928
- 111. Pikeville Independent — $18,922
- 112. Harlan Independent — $18,840
- 113. Adair County — $18,835
- 114. Pulaski County — $18,779
- 115. Trigg County — $18,777
- 116. Corbin Independent — $18,762
- 117. Hopkins County — $18,749
- 118. Somerset Independent — $18,736
- 119. Dawson Springs Independent — $18,708
- 120. Webster County — $18,704
- 121. McCreary County — $18,543
- 122. Todd County — $18,515
- 123. Raceland-Worthington Independent — $18,453
- 124. Campbell County — $18,334
- 125. Shelby County — $18,329
- 126. Jackson Independent — $18,312
- 127. Henderson County — $18,206
- 128. Russell County — $18,199
- 129. Nicholas County — $18,195
- 130. East Bernstadt Independent — $18,089
- 131. Carter County — $18,077
- 132. Union County — $18,021
- 133. Logan County — $17,918
- 134. Bullitt County — $17,896
- 135. Christian County — $17,869
- 136. Anderson County — $17,726
- 137. Montgomery County — $17,646
- 138. Oldham County — $17,641
- 139. Bowling Green Independent — $17,615
- 140. Laurel County — $17,602
- 141. Lyon County — $17,585
- 142. Rowan County — $17,538
- 143. Glasgow Independent — $17,532
- 144. Barbourville Independent — $17,501
- 145. Boone County — $17,493
- 146. Allen County — $17,413
- 147. Simpson County — $17,392
- 148. Boyle County — $17,317
- 149. McCracken County — $17,269
- 150. Russell Independent — $17,237
- 151. Mayfield Independent — $17,209
- 152. Spencer County — $17,153
- 153. LaRue County — $17,134
- 154. Madison County — $17,105
- 155. Elizabethtown Independent — $17,078
- 156. Kenton County — $16,922
- 157. Fort Thomas Independent — $16,863
- 158. Eminence Independent — $16,841
- 159. Edmonson County — $16,504
- 160. Warren County — $16,439
- 161. Graves County — $16,396
- 162. Ohio County — $16,385
- 163. Burgin Independent — $16,354
- 164. Calloway County — $16,339
- 165. Caldwell County — $16,298
- 166. Science Hill Independent — $16,031
- 167. Grayson County — $15,987
- 168. Harrison County — $15,722
- 169. Meade County — $15,505
- 170. Beechwood Independent — $14,959