Regular local school district · Campbell County
Fort Thomas Independent School District, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Fort Thomas Independent School District runs 5 public schools with 3,170 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.4 students per teacher is 0.8 higher than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Fort Thomas Independent".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,170
- Teachers (FTE)
- 193
- Students per teacher
- 16.4
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 28 N Ft Thomas Ave, Fort Thomas, KY 41075
- Phone
- (859)781-3333
- County
- Campbell County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2102040
- State district ID
- KY-019176000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 360
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 352 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.4
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 (3,125), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $48.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.5 million
- State revenue
- $25.4 million
- Local revenue
- $20.2 million
- Total spending
- $53.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,950
- Salaries
- $20.4 million38.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $69.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.2%
- State: 52.8%
- Local: 41.9%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,950
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Fort Thomas Independent School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Highlands High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,019 | 17.6 |
| Highlands Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 717 | 15.9 |
| Johnson Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 425 | 15.2 |
| Moyer Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 565 | 17.1 |
| Woodfill Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 444 | 15.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Campbell County
- Campbell County Public Schools 5,166 students
- Newport Independent School District 1,360 students
- Dayton Independent School District 811 students
- Bellevue Independent School District 551 students
- Southgate Independent School District 180 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.