The Kenton County School District (the definite article is part of the district's official name) is a local education agency headquartered in Ft. Wright, Kentucky and is the public school system for Kenton County outside of areas within Independent School Districts.^[1]

The district operates 18 schools: 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The district is responsible for 14,000+ student or approximately 36% of the under age 18 population in the county.^[5] However, large portions of the county's population lives in one of the county's four independent school districts:

• The largest city in the Northern Kentucky region, Covington's, northern urban core is served by Covington Independent Public Schools (along with a small parcel of Ludlow) but its southern suburban neighborhoods are assigned to Kenton County District schools.^[1]
• The cities of Erlanger and Elsmere are served by Erlanger-Elsmere Schools, except portions of Erlanger City Limits that lie East of Turkey Foot Road and small sections of Elsmere. Additionally a section of Edgewood is in this district.^[1]
• Almost all of the city of Fort Mitchell, and a portion of Fort Wright, are served by the Beechwood Independent School District.^[1]
• The city of Ludlow and most of Bromley are served by the Ludlow Independent Schools.^[1]