Regular local school district · Shelby County
Shelby County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Shelby County Public Schools runs 15 public schools with 6,985 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is 1.3 higher than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Shelby County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 6,985
- Teachers (FTE)
- 413
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1155 Main Street, Shelbyville, KY 40066
- Phone
- (502)633-2375
- County
- Shelby County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2105320
- State district ID
- KY-106531000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,007
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 466 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 50.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
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 (6,961), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $94.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.9 million
- State revenue
- $45.4 million
- Local revenue
- $38.7 million
- Total spending
- $88.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,773
- Salaries
- $44.3 million49.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $98.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.3%
- Local: 41.2%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,773
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Shelby County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ascension AcademyCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 32 | 5.3 |
| Clear Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 425 | 14.2 |
| Cultivate Virtual Learning AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 82 | 82.0 |
| Heritage ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 387 | 16.1 |
| Marnel C. Moorman SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 803 | 16.7 |
| Martha Layne Collins High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,157 | 18.7 |
| Northside Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 228 | 32.6 |
| Painted Stone ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 458 | 13.9 |
| Shelby County East Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 505 | 16.8 |
| Shelby County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,003 | 19.3 |
| Shelby County Summer School | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Shelby County West Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 563 | 16.1 |
| Simpsonville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 441 | 18.4 |
| Southside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 412 | 16.5 |
| Wright ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 489 | 15.8 |
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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.