Regular local school district · Knox County
Knox County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Knox County Public Schools runs 14 public schools with 3,718 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 3.5 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Knox County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 3,718
- Teachers (FTE)
- 308
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 Daniel Boone Dr, Barbourville, KY 40906
- Phone
- (606)645-2830
- County
- Knox County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2103150
- State district ID
- KY-061301000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 758
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 219 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 28.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (4,094), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $60.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.3 million
- State revenue
- $36.8 million
- Local revenue
- $8.6 million
- Total spending
- $58.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,213
- Salaries
- $29.9 million51.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $31.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 25.2%
- State: 60.6%
- Local: 14.2%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,213
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Knox County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 313 | 12.5 |
| Dewitt Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 120 | 10.0 |
| Flat Lick Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 163 | 10.2 |
| G R Hampton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 244 | 14.4 |
| Girdler Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 267 | 13.3 |
| Jesse D Lay Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 325 | 13.0 |
| Knox Appalachian SchoolCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 32 | 10.7 |
| Knox Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 720 | 13.8 |
| Knox County Career and Technical Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Knox County Learning AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 52 | 6.5 |
| Knox County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 522 | 12.4 |
| Knox Inspire AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Lynn Camp Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 501 | 13.5 |
| Lynn Camp Middle High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 447 | 12.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Knox County
- Barbourville Independent School District 757 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.