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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2025
% Change
Instruction
$
5,077
$
8,301
63.5%
Student Support
$
213
$
843
295.8%
Staff Support

$

201
$
472
134.8%
Administration
$
857
$
2,173
153.6%
Operations & Maint
$
877
$
2,118
141.5%
Transportation
$
268
$
562
109.7%
Food Service
$
451
$
891
97.6%
Other
$
0
$
78
-
Capital
$
258
$
357
38.4%
Debt Service
$
452
$
2,633
482.5%
TOTAL
$
8,653
$
18,428
113.0%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2025
% Change
State
$

5,217

$
15,257
192.4%
Federal
$
1,130
$
2,193
94.1%
Local
$
2,306
$
979
-57.5%
TOTAL
$
8,653
$
18,428
113.0%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2025
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
1,411,664
$
16,414,297
1062.8%
Debt Service
$
2,512,058
$
16,128,077
542.0%
Federal
$
39,214
$
80,269
104.7%
All Other
$

2,841,782

$
12,384,793
335.8%
TOTAL
$
6,804,718
$
45,007,436
561.4%

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

20%

61%
35%
64%
8th

14%

37%
26%
53%
10th

20%

36%
25%
48%

Math

4th

13%

45%
26%
58%
8th

8%

29%
22%
52%
10th

10%

27%
19%
46%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2025
% Change
Students

4,173.4

4,506.3
8.0%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2024
% Change
Classroom Teachers

258.0

277.0
7.4%
Other Teachers

37.5

28.0
-25.3%
Managers

31.0

58.0
87.1%
Other Non-Teachers

342.5

463.0
35.2%
TOTAL

669.0

826.0
23.5%
Students Per:
2005
2025
Classroom Teacher

16.2

16.3
Manager

134.6

77.7
Other Non-Teachers

12.2

9.7
Employee

6.2

5.5

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.