Regular local school district · Rockcastle County
Rockcastle County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Rockcastle County Public Schools runs 6 public schools with 2,793 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.6 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Rockcastle County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,793
- Teachers (FTE)
- 191
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 245 Richmond St, Mount Vernon, KY 40456
- Phone
- (606)256-2125
- County
- Rockcastle County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2105070
- State district ID
- KY-102511000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 461
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 310 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.6
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 (2,732), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $35.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.5 million
- State revenue
- $23.1 million
- Local revenue
- $4.2 million
- Total spending
- $33.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,182
- Salaries
- $16.6 million49.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 23.7%
- State: 64.5%
- Local: 11.8%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,182
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Rockcastle County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brodhead Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 493 | 14.5 |
| Mt. Vernon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 597 | 13.6 |
| Rockcastle Academy for Academic AchievementCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 39 | 9.8 |
| Rockcastle County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 796 | 16.9 |
| Rockcastle County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 600 | 15.0 |
| Roundstone Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 267 | 12.1 |
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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.