Regular local school district · Rowan County
Rowan County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Rowan County Public Schools runs 11 public schools with 3,435 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.8 students per teacher is 2.2 higher than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Rowan County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 3,435
- Teachers (FTE)
- 193
- Students per teacher
- 17.8
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 551 Viking Drive, Morehead, KY 40351
- Phone
- (606)784-8928
- County
- Rowan County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2105100
- State district ID
- KY-103515000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 480
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 382 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.8
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 (3,326), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $42.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.7 million
- State revenue
- $23.3 million
- Local revenue
- $11.7 million
- Total spending
- $42.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,786
- Salaries
- $19.0 million44.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $31.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.1%
- State: 54.5%
- Local: 27.4%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,786
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Rowan County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clearfield Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 299 | 14.9 |
| McBrayer Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 566 | 18.9 |
| Morehead Transition AcademyCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 0 | |
| Morehead Youth Development CenterCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 15 | 5.0 |
| Rodburn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 419 | 15.0 |
| Rowan Academy - Bluegrass DiscoveryCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 31 | 7.8 |
| Rowan Academy - Virtual EducationCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 127 | 31.8 |
| Rowan County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 695 | 21.7 |
| Rowan County Preschool CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 172 | 19.1 |
| Rowan County Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 904 | 19.7 |
| Tilden Hogge Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 207 | 13.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rowan County
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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.