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Newport, Kentucky - 5 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Newport Independent #75 of 171 districts in Kentucky (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,597 per pupil, Newport Independent ranks #2 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending (Kentucky districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,382
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$22,597
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Newport Independent operates 5 public schools serving 1,382 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kentucky. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 elementary 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 Campbell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,597 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 18 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kentucky compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.4% local, 38.5% state, and 23.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #75 of 171 in Kentucky against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 240.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.3% White, 23.3% African American, 19.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Newport High School, with a diversity index of 71.9/100.
Its largest campus is Newport High School, enrolling 521 students (39% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Newport Regional School, at 26 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Newport High School accounts for 37.7% of all Newport Independent student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Newport 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.
Newport Independent school enrollment varies 20× across entities
Newport Independent school enrollment ranges from 26 students (lowest) to 521 students (highest), a spread of 495 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Newport Independent has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Newport Independent student-counselor ratio is 241:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Newport Independent chronic absenteeism rate is 32.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.