Regular local school district · Lincoln County
Lincoln County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Lincoln County Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 3,240 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Lincoln County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,240
- Teachers (FTE)
- 234
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 305 Danville Ave, Stanford, KY 40484
- Phone
- (606)365-2124
- County
- Lincoln County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2103480
- State district ID
- KY-069341000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 567
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 249 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 28.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
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 (3,479), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $46.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.3 million
- State revenue
- $26.0 million
- Local revenue
- $8.9 million
- Total spending
- $43.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,434
- Salaries
- $21.7 million50.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 24.4%
- State: 56.2%
- Local: 19.4%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,434
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Lincoln County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Crab Orchard Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 266 | 12.7 |
| Highland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 186 | 11.6 |
| Hustonville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 439 | 15.7 |
| Lincoln County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 886 | 15.3 |
| Lincoln County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 697 | 16.6 |
| Stanford Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 572 | 11.7 |
| Waynesburg Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 194 | 10.8 |
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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.