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Laurel County

NCES agency ID 2103210 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

8,676

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

19

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

16.1:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$12,611

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$8,016

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
8,776
Teachers (FTE)
541
Student–teacher ratio
16.2:1

What current records say about Laurel County

Laurel County operates 19 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in London, Kentucky. NCES reports 8,676 students and 538 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Kentucky agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 12 of 171 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $12,611 in current expenditure per pupil and $8,016 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 148 of 171 in Kentucky. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
1.4%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
23.6%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
538
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$110,989,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Laurel County

London, Kentucky

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 37.1326, -84.0874

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White92.5%
  • Hispanic3.4%
  • Black0.9%
  • Asian0.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
  • Multiracial2%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Laurel County

19 current directory entries

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Showing 1–19 of 19 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Bush Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0551117:1
Camp Ground Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0532716.4:1
Cold Hill Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0525915.2:1
Colony Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0538115.2:1
Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0536315.8:1
Hunter Hills Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0561714.3:1
Johnson Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0531216.4:1
Keavy Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0529214.6:1
Laurel Co Schools Center for InnovationHigh10–1200:1
Laurel County Day TreatmentHigh06–126315.8:1
Laurel County Schools eLearning AcademyOtherKG–124141:1
London Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0559215.2:1
McDaniel Learning CenterHigh09–12297.3:1
North Laurel High SchoolHigh09–121,25220.2:1
North Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle06–0897017:1
South Laurel High SchoolHigh09–121,11920:1
South Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle06–0883716.1:1
Sublimity Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0532315.4:1
Wyan-Pine Grove ElementaryElementaryPK–0538813.9:1