School district · Kentucky
Laurel County
Laurel County in Kentucky: 19 public schools with 8,676 students and 16.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,974 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 8,676
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- KY 15.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,974
- KY $14.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 538
- Counselors (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per counselor
- 321
- KY 320 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 4.0
- Librarians (FTE): 17.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kentucky: 48%66%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 94% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 47% · 170 school districts compared
3,731 students tested, grades 3–8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%60%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 94% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 41% · 170 school districts compared
3,689 students tested, grades 3–8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 24% · $32M
- State
- 55% · $73.5M
- Local
- 21% · $28.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,982
- Support services
- $4,223
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $18.3M
- Long-term debt
- $73.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bush Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 511 | 17.0 | 76% | 74% |
Camp Ground Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 327 | 16.4 | 58% | 66% |
Cold Hill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 259 | 15.2 | 76% | 77% |
Colony Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 381 | 15.2 | 69% | 62% |
Hazel Green Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 363 | 15.8 | 68% | 68% |
Hunter Hills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 617 | 14.3 | 65% | 54% |
Johnson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 312 | 16.4 | 67% | 56% |
Keavy Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 292 | 14.6 | 73% | 66% |
London Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 592 | 15.2 | 71% | 66% |
Sublimity Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 323 | 15.4 | 85% | 67% |
Wyan-Pine Grove ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 388 | 13.9 | 52% | 47% |
North Laurel Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 970 | 17.0 | 62% | 58% |
South Laurel Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 837 | 16.1 | 62% | 56% |
Laurel Co Schools Center for InnovationCareer and technical | 10–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Laurel County Day TreatmentAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 63 | 15.8 | — | — |
McDaniel Learning CenterAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 29 | 7.3 | — | — |
North Laurel High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,252 | 20.2 | — | — |
South Laurel High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,119 | 20.0 | — | — |
Laurel County Schools eLearning AcademyFully virtual | K–12 | 41 | 41.0 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 718 North Main Street, London, KY 40741
- Phone
- (606)862-4600
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.