Regular local school district · Russell County
Garrard County School District, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Garrard County School District runs 5 public schools with 2,503 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Garrard County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,503
- Teachers (FTE)
- 181
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 322 West Maple Avenue, Lancaster, KY 40444
- Phone
- (859)792-3018
- County
- Russell County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2102160
- State district ID
- KY-040195000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 414
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 417 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
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 (2,532), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $19.2 million
- Local revenue
- $8.5 million
- Total spending
- $30.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,114
- Salaries
- $15.0 million49.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $20.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.5%
- State: 58.5%
- Local: 26.0%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,114
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Garrard County School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Camp Dick Robinson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 446 | 15.9 |
| Garrard County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 792 | 14.9 |
| Garrard Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 543 | 13.2 |
| Lancaster Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 462 | 13.6 |
| Paint Lick Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 260 | 10.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Russell County
- Russell County Public Schools 3,024 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.