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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Instruction
$
5,259
$
9,419
79.1%
Student Support
$
461
$
521
13.0%
Staff Support

$

247
$
264
6.9%
Administration
$
1,048
$
1,957
86.7%
Operations & Maint
$
979
$
1,855
89.5%
Transportation
$
642
$
801
24.8%
Food Service
$
520
$
762
46.5%
Other
$
-
$
60
-
Capital
$
991
$
326
-67.1%
Debt Service
$
-
$
809
-
TOTAL
$
10,147
$
16,776
65.3%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
State
$

6,128

$
11,533
88.2%
Federal
$
598
$
1,756
193.6%
Local
$
3,421
$
3,487
1.9%
TOTAL
$
10,147
$
16,776
65.3%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
126,822
$
1,143,120
801.4%
Debt Service
$
287,394
$
828,605
188.3%
Federal
$
15,333
$
-235,969
-1639.0%
All Other
$

658,472

$
1,323,899
101.1%
TOTAL
$
1,088,021
$
3,059,655
181.2%

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

31%

41%
28%
58%
8th

9%

42%
11%
30%
10th

24%

36%
15%
36%

Math

4th

16%

59%
22%
54%
8th

9%

21%
11%
34%
10th

10%

18%
9%
30%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2023
% Change
Students

1,209.00

907.8
-24.9%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2023
% Change
Classroom Teachers

94.1

69
-26.7%
Other Teachers

-

1.5
-
Managers

13

9.9
-23.8%
Other Non-Teachers

63.1

52.6
-16.6%
TOTAL

170.2

133
-21.9%
Students Per:
2005
2023
Classroom Teacher

12.8

13.2
Manager

93

91.7
Other Non-Teachers

19.2

17.3
Employee

7.1

6.8

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.