Regular local school district · Marshall County
Marshall County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Marshall County Public Schools runs 12 public schools with 4,302 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Marshall County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 4,302
- Teachers (FTE)
- 279
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 86 High School Rd, Benton, KY 42025
- Phone
- (270)527-8628
- County
- Marshall County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2103810
- State district ID
- KY-076381000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 654
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 287 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 23.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (4,589), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $60.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.6 million
- State revenue
- $30.4 million
- Local revenue
- $20.6 million
- Total spending
- $57.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,474
- Salaries
- $27.4 million47.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $60.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.2%
- Local: 34.0%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,474
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Marshall County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 528 | 16.0 |
| Calvert City Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 294 | 17.3 |
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 480 | 15.5 |
| Jonathan Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 241 | 14.2 |
| Marshall County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,201 | 19.1 |
| Marshall County Technical Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| MC AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 100 | 33.3 |
| North Marshall Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 487 | 16.8 |
| Purchase Youth VillageCEP school | Other | 1 to 12 | 22 | 7.3 |
| Sharpe Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 276 | 12.5 |
| South Marshall Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 241 | 12.1 |
| South Marshall MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 432 | 16.0 |
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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.