Regular local school district · Graves County
Graves County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Graves County Public Schools runs 10 public schools with 3,906 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Graves County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 3,906
- Teachers (FTE)
- 256
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2290 State Rt 121 N, Mayfield, KY 42066
- Phone
- (270)328-2656
- County
- Graves County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2102280
- State district ID
- KY-042205000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 624
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 260 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 25.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
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 (3,961), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $51.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.0 million
- State revenue
- $29.3 million
- Local revenue
- $12.1 million
- Total spending
- $46.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,737
- Salaries
- $23.1 million49.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.4%
- State: 57.0%
- Local: 23.6%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,737
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Graves County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Fancy Farm Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 271 | 14.3 |
| Farmington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 288 | 13.7 |
| Gateway Academy High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 48 | 48.0 |
| Graves County Central ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 480 | 14.1 |
| Graves County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,145 | 17.1 |
| Graves County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 556 | 17.4 |
| Mayfield Youth Development CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Sedalia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 376 | 16.3 |
| Symsonia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 370 | 14.2 |
| Wingo Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 366 | 12.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Graves County
- Mayfield Independent School District 2,063 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.