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Booneville, Kentucky - 2 schools
An equity score of 94/100 ranks Owsley County #3 of 171 districts in Kentucky (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,385 per pupil, Owsley County ranks #13 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending (Kentucky districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Owsley County operates 2 public schools serving 785 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kentucky. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Owsley County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,385 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 13.6% local, 49.4% state, and 37.0% 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 94/100, ranked #3 of 171 in Kentucky against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 290.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 45.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Owsley County Elementary School accounts for 55.5% of all Owsley County student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Owsley County a distant remainder — means Owsley County-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.
Owsley County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 85.4% 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.
Owsley County student-counselor ratio is 291:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Owsley County is typically wider than the Owsley County-aggregate figure suggests.
Owsley County chronic absenteeism rate is 45.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Owsley County has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 785 students.
How much does Owsley County spend per student?
Owsley County spends $15,385 per student. The district has an equity score of 94/100, ranking #3 in Kentucky.
What is the demographic composition of Owsley County?
Owsley County students are 96.3% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Owsley County?
Owsley County has an equity score of 94/100, ranking #3 out of 171 districts in Kentucky.