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Dawson Springs Independent

Dawson Springs, Kentucky · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

631
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
44
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 71
  • Kindergarten 54
  • Grade 1 46
  • Grade 2 43
  • Grade 3 50
  • Grade 4 46
  • Grade 5 32
  • Grade 6 45
  • Grade 7 36
  • Grade 8 47
  • Grade 9 46
  • Grade 10 40
  • Grade 11 35
  • Grade 12 40

By race/ethnicity

  • White 93%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Hispanic/Latino 2%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 448 of 631 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 65%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,563 spent per student on day-to-day operations Kentucky median: $13,611 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,437
  • Support services $5,134
  • Other (food service, etc.) $991

Where the money comes from

  • Local 11%
  • State 61%
  • Federal 29%

Total revenue $11.0 milliontotal spending $11.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

107

District office

118 E Arcadia Ave, Dawson Springs KY 42408

County

Hopkins County

Official website

NCES District ID

2101500

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About Dawson Springs Independent

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the Dawson Springs Independent School System is to prepare our students to be confident, responsible citizens who possess the educational and social skills necessary for future growth and achievement through a community based education system emphasizing quality, excellence and high expectations.
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