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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2024
% Change
Instruction
$
5,259
$
9,738
85.2%
Student Support
$
461
$
626
35.8%
Staff Support

$

247
$
278
12.6%
Administration
$
1,048
$
1,911
82.3%
Operations & Maint
$
979
$
1,975
101.7%
Transportation
$
642
$
947
47.5%
Food Service
$
520
$
790
51.9%
Other
$
-
$
58
-
Capital
$
991
$
277
-72.0%
Debt Service
$
-
$
830
-
TOTAL
$
10,147
$
17,430
71.8%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2024
% Change
State
$

6,128

$
11,777
92.2%
Federal
$
598
$
2,079
247.7%
Local
$
3,421
$
3,575
4.5%
TOTAL
$
10,147
$
17,430
71.8%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2024
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
126,822
$
1,225,257
866.1%
Debt Service
$
287,394
$
990,598
244.7%
Federal
$
15,333
$
-63,578
-514.6%
All Other
$

658,472

$
1,675,296
154.4%
TOTAL
$
1,088,021
$
3,827,573
251.8%

State Assessment Results

% of Students on Track to be College & Career Ready (Levels 3 & 4)
Grade
District
State Avg.

Low Income

Not Low Income
Low Income
Not Low Income

English Language Arts

4th

17%

60%
29%
58%
8th

16%

27%
12%
32%
10th

16%

38%
16%
37%

Math

4th

31%

60%
22%
53%
8th

11%

3%
12%
35%
10th

9%

22%
10%
31%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2024
% Change
Students

1,209.0

957.0
-20.8%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2024
% Change
Classroom Teachers

94.1

69.0
-26.7%
Other Teachers

0.0

1.5
-
Managers

13.0

9.9
-23.8%
Other Non-Teachers

63.1

48.2
-23.6%
TOTAL

170.2

128.6
-24.4%
Students Per:
2005
2024
Classroom Teacher

12.8

13.9
Manager

93

96.7
Other Non-Teachers

19.2

19.9
Employee

7.1

7.4

Notes: All data provided by the Kansas Dept. of Education; years refer to school year. 20 mill property tax was reported as Local Aid in 2005 but is accurately reflected as State Aid beginning in 2015. Students and staff are shown in full time equivalents. Teachers as identified by KSDE. Manager includes superintendents, asst. superintendents, principals, asst. principals, directors, managers, instruction coordinators and curriculum specialists. Carryover cash represents unencumbered balances as of July 1 each year. KSDE developed new state assessment standards effective with the 2015 report and comparisons to prior years cannot be made. KSDE considers Level 2 to be grade-level but those students still require remedial training to be on track to be college and career ready. Beginning in 2018, kindergarten students are counted as full-time instead of half-time, resulting in an artificial increase in reported full-time enrollment.