About Rockcastle County School District
Rockcastle County School District is a public school system serving Rockcastle County, Kentucky, based in Mount Vernon. It serves 2,793 students across 6 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #65 largest of Kentucky’s 175 school systems.
Size and structure
Rockcastle County School District enrolls 2,793 students in 6 schools — an average of about 466 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #65 of 175 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Rockcastle County School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,793 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
Rockcastle County School District employs about 192 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1 — below the Kentucky average of about 15.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 461.
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 Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle County School District in the free Cognia registry.
Rockcastle County School District vs. Kentucky
See every Kentucky district side by side in the Kentucky directory.
Look up Rockcastle 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):