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Eminence, Kentucky - 3 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Eminence Independent #160 of 171 districts in Kentucky (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,499 per pupil, Eminence Independent ranks #155 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending (Kentucky districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
988
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,499
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Eminence Independent operates 3 public schools serving 988 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kentucky. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high 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 Henry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,499 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 18 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kentucky compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.0% local, 60.1% state, and 18.9% 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 20/100, ranked #160 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 365.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% White, 11.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Eminence High School, enrolling 551 students (52% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bluegrass Challenge Academy, at 62 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Eminence High School accounts for 51.6% of all Eminence Independent student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Eminence Independent a distant remainder — means Eminence Independent-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Eminence Independent school enrollment varies 8.9× across entities
Eminence Independent school enrollment ranges from 62 students (lowest) to 551 students (highest), a spread of 489 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Eminence Independent student-counselor ratio is 365:1 — 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.
Eminence Independent chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Eminence Independent is typically wider than the Eminence Independent-aggregate figure suggests.