About Letcher County School District
Letcher County School District is a public school system serving Letcher County, Kentucky, based in Whitesburg. It serves 2,429 students across 9 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #81 largest of Kentucky’s 175 school systems.
Size and structure
Letcher County School District enrolls 2,429 students in 9 schools — an average of about 270 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #81 of 175 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Letcher County School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,429 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Letcher County School District employs about 168 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1 — below the Kentucky average of about 15.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 448.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Kentucky funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Letcher County School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
The Kentucky School Report Card rates each school and district with a 1-to-5 star overall rating built from reading and math proficiency, science/social studies/writing, academic growth, transition (college/career) readiness and graduation. Look up Letcher County School District on the Kentucky School Report Card.
Accreditation status
The main K-12 accreditor used by Kentucky districts is Cognia (formerly AdvancED); accreditation is largely voluntary rather than a single state requirement. Look up Letcher County School District in the free Cognia registry.
Letcher County School District vs. Kentucky
See every Kentucky district side by side in the Kentucky directory.
Look up Letcher County School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):