Regular local school district · Wayne County
Wayne County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Wayne County Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 3,061 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 "Wayne County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,061
- Teachers (FTE)
- 189
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 150 Cardinal Way, Monticello, KY 42633
- Phone
- (606)348-8484
- County
- Wayne County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2105790
- State district ID
- KY-116581000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 522
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 278 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
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 (3,133), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $44.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.0 million
- State revenue
- $28.0 million
- Local revenue
- $7.9 million
- Total spending
- $45.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,661
- Salaries
- $18.1 million39.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.0%
- State: 62.4%
- Local: 17.6%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,661
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Wayne County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 432 | 15.4 |
| Lake Cumberland Youth Development CenterCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 30 | 7.5 |
| Monticello Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 664 | 15.8 |
| Otter Creek AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 7 | 1.8 |
| Walker Early Learning CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 358 | 17.0 |
| Wayne County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 895 | 19.5 |
| Wayne County Learning AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 26 | 8.7 |
| Wayne County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 646 | 16.6 |
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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.