2025 Census government inventory

Estill County

Independent school district in Kentucky. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 188268 · Census county field: Estill · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

2,197students in the finance record
6operating schools connected
$12,651current spending per pupil
Latest official Kentucky governance snapshot

5 district board members—and the school councils below them.

Kentucky’s 2024–25 School Report Card names the district board members and school-based decision-making council participants published for this system. Election.org joined the record by exact three-digit district ID—not by name.

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District board member · 2024–25 snapshot

Carrie Smallwood

Seat, officer role, term, and current-service status are not published in this file.

Annual source snapshot
District board member · 2024–25 snapshot

Donna Isfort

Seat, officer role, term, and current-service status are not published in this file.

Annual source snapshot
District board member · 2024–25 snapshot

Sharon Whitaker

Seat, officer role, term, and current-service status are not published in this file.

Annual source snapshot
District board member · 2024–25 snapshot

Shiela Samples

Seat, officer role, term, and current-service status are not published in this file.

Annual source snapshot
District board member · 2024–25 snapshot

Tammy Hardy

Seat, officer role, term, and current-service status are not published in this file.

Annual source snapshot
School councils published4
Named council participants24
Source-marked vacancies0
Source-marked exempt schools0
School-level public governance

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The source calls every named participant a “School Based Decision Making Council Member.” It does not identify whether each person serves as a parent, teacher, principal, or another capacity, so Election.org does not infer one.

4 school-level governance records in the 2024–25 snapshot

State school ID 0331610906 published members

Estill County High School

  • Alison Fox
  • Jeff Brock
  • Jeremiah Spivey
  • Josh Yost
  • Melissa Rose
  • Ruth Hughes
State school ID 0331610856 published members

Estill County Middle School

  • Jo Norton
  • Larry Thompas
  • Mary Raider
  • Seth Horn
  • Shaya Carroll
  • Tasha Halcomb
State school ID 0331610116 published members

Estill Springs Elementary

  • Caitlyn Jewell
  • Jessica Mullins
  • Kara Williams
  • Katie Mooers
  • Kristin Richardson
  • Rachel Newby
State school ID 0331612806 published members

West Irvine Elementary

  • Elizabeth Short
  • Jenni Taulbee
  • Jessica Webb
  • Laura Davis
  • Samantha Cox
  • Tonya Miller

Snapshot2024–25 school year

Source checked2026-08-30

Kentucky district ID161

Exact Election.org identity188268

This is an annual historical snapshot, not a claim that every named person remains in office today. The connected file does not establish seats, terms, election method, election results, officer roles, contacts, meeting votes, or exact seat boundaries. “Vacant,” “TBD,” and “Exempt” source values are statuses—not people.

Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment2,1978.3% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$12,6513.2% higher than 2019 after inflation · 26.6% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$32.5M0.8% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$23.6M6.8% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 2,397; 2020: 2,417; 2021: 2,285; 2022: 2,144; 2023: 2,202; 2024: 2,1972,4552,2812,106201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $12,263; 2020: $12,314; 2021: $12,242; 2022: $13,945; 2023: $13,926; 2024: $12,651$14,183$13,094$12,004201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201914.5% F69.5% S16.0% L
202021.6% F66.8% S11.7% L
202118.9% F67.7% S13.4% L
202218.1% F67.4% S14.5% L
202325.5% F52.9% S21.5% L
202424.0% F61.4% S14.6% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20192,397$9,994$28,188,000$32,240,000$25,368,000
20202,417$10,160$37,565,000$30,902,000$32,510,000
20212,285$10,575$30,510,000$38,013,000$27,631,000
20222,144$13,010$32,900,000$42,112,000$25,931,000
20232,202$13,527$40,485,000$46,717,000$26,002,000
20242,197$12,651$35,969,000$32,506,000$23,637,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

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Where the money comes from

$36.0M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal24.0%$8.63M
State61.4%$22.1M
Local14.6%$5.26M
Total expenditures$32.5M
Current spending$28.1M
Instruction$13.7M
Support services$11.9M
Capital outlay$2.88M
Debt outstanding$23.6M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Estill County

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address253 Main St, Irvine, KY, 40336
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About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
188268
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address253 MAIN ST · IRVINE, KY · 40336-0391
Reported contact roleSupt

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldEstill

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment2,2022023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The Kentucky Department of Education’s annual 2024–25 file reports the district-board names, school-council names, source-marked vacancies, and exempt school rows shown above.

Not established by these records

  • That every person named in the 2024–25 annual snapshot remains in office today, or that every authorized district-board or school-council seat appears.
  • Board officer roles, council participant capacities, election method, terms, exact seat boundaries, candidates, results, contacts, or meeting votes.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.