Regular local school district · McCracken County
Paducah Independent School District, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Paducah Independent School District runs 7 public schools with 3,103 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.4 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Paducah Independent".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,103
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 500 South 25th Street, Paducah, KY 42003
- Phone
- (270)444-5600
- County
- McCracken County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2104650
- State district ID
- KY-079476000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 466
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 345 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.4
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 (3,147), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $49.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.6 million
- State revenue
- $22.7 million
- Local revenue
- $15.5 million
- Total spending
- $50.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,085
- Salaries
- $20.5 million40.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $58.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 23.3%
- State: 45.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,085
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Paducah Independent School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Choices Educational CenterCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 42 | 10.5 |
| Clark Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 615 | 16.2 |
| McNabb Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 334 | 11.9 |
| Morgan Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 369 | 12.7 |
| Paducah Head Start PreschoolCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 251 | 13.9 |
| Paducah Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 632 | 15.4 |
| Paducah Tilghman High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 860 | 15.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McCracken County
- McCracken County Public Schools 6,782 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.