Regular local school district · Harlan County
Harlan Independent School District, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Harlan Independent School District runs 3 public schools with 900 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.0 students per teacher is 2.4 higher than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Harlan Independent".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 900
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 420 E Central St, Harlan, KY 40831
- Phone
- (606)573-8700
- County
- Harlan County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2102520
- State district ID
- KY-048236000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 121
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 300 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.0
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 (701), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $6.1 million
- Local revenue
- $1.4 million
- Total spending
- $9.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,843
- Salaries
- $4.1 million42.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 23.1%
- State: 62.3%
- Local: 14.6%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,843
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Harlan Independent School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Harlan Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 335 | 15.2 |
| Harlan High SchoolCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 455 | 17.5 |
| Sunshine SchoolCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 110 | 110.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Harlan County
- Harlan County Public Schools 3,327 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.