About Shelby County School District
Shelby County School District is a public school system serving Shelby County, Kentucky, based in Shelbyville. It serves 6,985 students across 15 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #17 largest of Kentucky’s 175 school systems.
Size and structure
Shelby County School District enrolls 6,985 students in 15 schools — an average of about 466 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #17 of 175 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Shelby County School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (6,985 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
Shelby County School District employs about 413 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.9:1 — above the Kentucky average of about 15.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 1,007.
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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County School District in the free Cognia registry.
Shelby County School District vs. Kentucky
See every Kentucky district side by side in the Kentucky directory.
Look up Shelby 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):