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Walton, Kentucky - 4 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Walton-Verona Independent #157 of 171 districts in Kentucky (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,806 per pupil, Walton-Verona Independent ranks #142 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending (Kentucky districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,919
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,806
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Walton-Verona Independent operates 4 public schools serving 1,919 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kentucky. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 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 Boone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,806 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 43.0% local, 48.4% state, and 8.6% 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 23/100, ranked #157 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 412.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.4% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Walton - Verona Early Childhood Center, with a diversity index of 34.4/100.
Walton-Verona High School accounts for 28.6% of all Walton-Verona Independent student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Walton-Verona 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.
Walton-Verona Independent school enrollment varies 6.4× across entities
Walton-Verona Independent school enrollment ranges from 86 students (lowest) to 548 students (highest), a spread of 462 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Walton-Verona Independent student-counselor ratio is 413:1 — 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.
Walton-Verona Independent chronic absenteeism rate is 15.8% — 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 Walton-Verona Independent is typically wider than the Walton-Verona Independent-aggregate figure suggests.