Regular local school district · McCracken County
McCracken County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
McCracken County Public Schools runs 14 public schools with 6,782 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "McCracken County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 6,782
- Teachers (FTE)
- 419
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 300 Cumberland Avenue, Paducah, KY 42001
- Phone
- (270)538-4000
- County
- McCracken County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2103960
- State district ID
- KY-079395000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 938
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 357 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 39.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.2
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 (6,905), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $90.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.0 million
- State revenue
- $42.3 million
- Local revenue
- $32.8 million
- Total spending
- $98.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,306
- Salaries
- $41.2 million41.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $80.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.6%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 36.4%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,306
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in McCracken County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary, 2 other, 1 ungraded. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Concord Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 606 | 15.5 |
| Heath Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 498 | 13.8 |
| Heath Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 433 | 18.8 |
| Hendron Lone Oak Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 498 | 15.6 |
| Lone Oak Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 495 | 16.0 |
| Lone Oak Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 437 | 16.8 |
| Lone Oak Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 702 | 14.9 |
| McCracken County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,882 | 18.5 |
| McCracken Open Campus SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 72 | 36.0 |
| McCracken Regional SchoolCEP school | Other | 4 to 12 | 31 | 31.0 |
| Reidland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 548 | 14.4 |
| Reidland Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 228 | 14.2 |
| Reidland Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 350 | 15.2 |
| West KY Technical College | Ungraded | 15 | 0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McCracken County
- Paducah Independent School District 3,103 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.