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Barbourville Independent School District, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Barbourville Independent School District runs 2 public schools with 757 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.8 students per teacher is 1.2 higher than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Barbourville Independent".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 757
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45
- Students per teacher
- 16.8
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 140 School St, Barbourville, KY 40906
- Phone
- (606)546-3120
- County
- Knox County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2100240
- State district ID
- KY-061016000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 91
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 252 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.8
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (632), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $5.4 million
- Local revenue
- $1.3 million
- Total spending
- $7.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,524
- Salaries
- $3.7 million47.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 22.5%
- State: 62.5%
- Local: 15.0%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,524
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Barbourville Independent School District
By level: 1 high, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barbourville City SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 755 | 17.2 |
| Barbourville Learning CenterCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 2 | 2.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Knox County
- Knox County Public Schools 3,718 students
More in Kentucky
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.