Regular local school district · Laurel County
Laurel County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Laurel County Public Schools runs 19 public schools with 8,676 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Laurel County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 8,676
- Teachers (FTE)
- 538
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 718 North Main Street, London, KY 40741
- Phone
- (606)862-4600
- County
- Laurel County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2103210
- State district ID
- KY-063311000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,239
- School counselors (FTE)
- 27.0About 321 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 40.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
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 (8,850), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $106.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.2 million
- State revenue
- $66.7 million
- Local revenue
- $23.2 million
- Total spending
- $100.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,330
- Salaries
- $48.1 million47.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $86.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.2%
- State: 62.9%
- Local: 21.9%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,330
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Laurel County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 2 middle, 11 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bush Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 511 | 17.0 |
| Camp Ground Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 327 | 16.4 |
| Cold Hill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 259 | 15.2 |
| Colony Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 381 | 15.2 |
| Hazel Green Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 363 | 15.8 |
| Hunter Hills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 617 | 14.3 |
| Johnson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 312 | 16.4 |
| Keavy Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 292 | 14.6 |
| Laurel Co Schools Center for Innovation | High | 10 to 12 | 0 | |
| Laurel County Day TreatmentCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 63 | 15.8 |
| Laurel County Schools eLearning Academy | Other | K to 12 | 41 | 41.0 |
| London Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 592 | 15.2 |
| McDaniel Learning CenterCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 29 | 7.2 |
| North Laurel High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,252 | 20.2 |
| North Laurel Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 970 | 17.0 |
| South Laurel High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,119 | 20.0 |
| South Laurel Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 837 | 16.1 |
| Sublimity Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 323 | 15.4 |
| Wyan-Pine Grove ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 388 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Laurel County
- East Bernstadt Independent School District 544 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.