Regular local school district · Letcher County
Letcher County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Letcher County Public Schools runs 9 public schools with 2,429 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Letcher County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 2,429
- Teachers (FTE)
- 167
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 224 Park St, Whitesburg, KY 41858
- Phone
- (606)633-4455
- County
- Letcher County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2103360
- State district ID
- KY-067331000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 448
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 304 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
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 (2,938), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $42.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.3 million
- State revenue
- $28.0 million
- Local revenue
- $6.0 million
- Total spending
- $39.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,517
- Salaries
- $19.1 million48.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.6%
- State: 66.2%
- Local: 14.2%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,517
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Letcher County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Arlie Boggs Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 110 | 13.8 |
| Cowan Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 246 | 15.4 |
| Fleming Neon Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 131 | 16.4 |
| Letcher County Alternative Education CtrCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Letcher County Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 692 | 15.4 |
| Letcher Elementary & Middle SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 322 | 15.3 |
| Martha Jane Potter Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 273 | 14.4 |
| West Whitesburg Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 462 | 14.0 |
| Whitesburg Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 191 | 17.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Letcher County
- Jenkins Independent School District 453 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.