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Topeka (501)

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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2024
% Change
Instruction
$
5,842
$
9,667
65.5%
Student Support
$
632
$
1,943
207.4%
Staff Support

$

487
$
852
74.9%
Administration
$
1,044
$
2,429
132.7%
Operations & Maint
$
757
$
1,546
104.2%
Transportation
$
239
$
652
172.8%
Food Service
$
424
$
985
132.3%
Other
$
-
$
16
-
Capital
$
333
$
360
8.1%
Debt Service
$
480
$
790
64.6%
TOTAL
$
10,238
$
19,242
87.9%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2024
% Change
State
$

5,248

$
13,266
152.8%
Federal
$
1,813
$
3,815
110.4%
Local
$
3,206
$
2,160
-32.6%
TOTAL
$
10,267
$
19,242
87.4%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2024
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
3,702,118
$
5,457,740
47.4%
Debt Service
$
2,126,232
$
6,812,871
220.4%
Federal
$
-584,925
$
744,374
-227.3%
All Other
$

16,016,970

$
40,421,416
152.4%
TOTAL
$
21,260,395
$
53,436,401
151.3%

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

23%

58%
29%
58%
8th

11%

28%
12%
32%
10th

13%

31%
16%
37%

Math

4th

15%

39%
22%
53%
8th

14%

37%
12%
35%
10th

7%

25%
10%
31%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2024
% Change
Students

12,966.0

12,124.3
-6.5%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2024
% Change
Classroom Teachers

800.3

676.4
-15.5%
Other Teachers

257.1

208.5
-18.9%
Managers

108.3

155.4
43.5%
Other Non-Teachers

850.7

945.5
11.1%
TOTAL

2,016.4

1,985.8
-1.5%
Students Per:
2005
2024
Classroom Teacher

16.2

17.9
Manager

119.7

78.0
Other Non-Teachers

15.2

12.8
Employee

6.4

6.1

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.