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Covington Independent School District, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Covington Independent School District runs 11 public schools with 3,557 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.3 students per teacher is 2.3 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Covington Independent".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 3,557
- Teachers (FTE)
- 267
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 25 E Seventh St, Covington, KY 41011
- Phone
- (859)392-1000
- County
- Kenton County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2101350
- State district ID
- KY-059134000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 642
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 254 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 33.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.3
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 (3,796), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $62.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.8 million
- State revenue
- $31.1 million
- Local revenue
- $19.5 million
- Total spending
- $63.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,702
- Salaries
- $31.8 million50.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.9%
- State: 49.8%
- Local: 31.3%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,702
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Covington Independent School District
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Biggs Early Childhood Education CtrCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 285 | 28.5 |
| Chapman Vocational Education Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Covington Adult High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Glenn O Swing ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 392 | 11.9 |
| Holmes High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 855 | 13.6 |
| Holmes Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 631 | 14.7 |
| John G Carlisle ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 333 | 13.3 |
| Latonia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 233 | 12.3 |
| Ninth District ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 324 | 11.6 |
| Sixth District Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 454 | 13.4 |
| Transformational Learning CenterCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 43 | 5.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kenton County
- Kenton County Public Schools 13,834 students
- Erlanger-Elsmere Independent School District 2,431 students
- Beechwood Independent School District 1,572 students
- Ludlow Independent School District 831 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.