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Elizabethtown, Kentucky - 7 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Elizabethtown Independent #129 of 171 districts in Kentucky (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,567 per pupil, Elizabethtown Independent ranks #152 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending (Kentucky districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,465
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,567
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Elizabethtown Independent operates 7 public schools serving 2,465 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kentucky. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hardin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,567 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kentucky compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.1% local, 57.0% state, and 15.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #129 of 171 in Kentucky against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 455.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.0% White, 10.8% African American, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Panther Academy, with a diversity index of 58.4/100.
Its largest campus is Elizabethtown High School, enrolling 757 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Glen Dale Center, at 10 students, a 76x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Elizabethtown High School accounts for 30.7% of all Elizabethtown Independent student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Elizabethtown Independent-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Elizabethtown Independent school enrollment varies 76× across entities
Elizabethtown Independent school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 757 students (highest), a spread of 747 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Elizabethtown Independent student-counselor ratio is 455:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Elizabethtown Independent chronic absenteeism rate is 11.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.