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Oldham County

NCES agency ID 2104530 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

12,038

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

23

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

16.8:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$13,019

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$8,450

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
12,216
Teachers (FTE)
585.96
Student–teacher ratio
20.8:1

What current records say about Oldham County

Oldham County operates 23 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Buckner, Kentucky. NCES reports 12,038 students and 716.24 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Kentucky agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 8 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 $13,019 in current expenditure per pupil and $8,450 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 132 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
2.4%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
12.4%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
716.24
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$161,011,000

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

Oldham County

Buckner, Kentucky

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 38.3407, -85.4663

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White81%
  • Hispanic9%
  • Black2.6%
  • Asian2.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
  • Multiracial5.2%

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 Oldham County

23 current directory entries

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Showing 1–23 of 23 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Buckner Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0562015.1:1
Buckner High SchoolHigh06–12505:1
Camden Station Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0547513.6:1
Centerfield Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0551913.7:1
Creative and Performing ArtsHigh09–120Not reported
Crestwood Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0553813.5:1
East Oldham Middle SchoolMiddle06–0857017.8:1
Goshen At Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0562716.9:1
Harmony Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0558415:1
Kenwood Station Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0562617:1
La Grange Education CenterOtherUG–UG0Not reported
LaGrange Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0545011.5:1
Liberty AcademyHigh06–127272:1
Locust Grove Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0559417:1
Luther Luckett Education CenterOtherUG–UG0Not reported
North Oldham High SchoolHigh09–1294821.3:1
North Oldham Middle SchoolMiddle06–0872018.6:1
Oldham County High SchoolHigh09–121,54721.5:1
Oldham County Middle SchoolMiddle06–0876817.3:1
Oldham County PreschoolOtherPK–PK17817.8:1
South Oldham High SchoolHigh09–121,30422.2:1
South Oldham Middle SchoolMiddle06–0884818.9:1
The Robert L. Arvin Education CenterHigh11–1200:1