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Williamstown, Kentucky - 4 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Williamstown Independent #137 of 171 districts in Kentucky (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,918 per pupil, Williamstown Independent ranks #136 of 171 Kentucky districts by per-pupil spending (Kentucky districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$11,918
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Williamstown Independent operates 4 public schools serving 878 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kentucky. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Grant County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,918 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 19.6% local, 52.7% state, and 27.7% 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 32/100, ranked #137 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.
a 249:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.7% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Williamstown Head Start Preschool, with a diversity index of 29.3/100.
Its largest campus is Williamstown Elementary, enrolling 397 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Williamstown Head Start Preschool, at 90 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Williamstown Elementary accounts for 45.2% of all Williamstown Independent student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Williamstown Independent a distant remainder — means Williamstown Independent-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Williamstown Independent school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Williamstown Independent school enrollment ranges from 90 students (lowest) to 397 students (highest), a spread of 307 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.
Williamstown Independent has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.1% 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 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.
Williamstown Independent student-counselor ratio is 249:1 — 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.
Williamstown Independent chronic absenteeism rate is 20.1% — 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 Williamstown Independent is typically wider than the Williamstown Independent-aggregate figure suggests.