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Topeka (501)

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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Instruction
$
5,842
$
10,209
74.8%
Student Support
$
632
$
1,845
191.9%
Staff Support

$

487
$
791
62.4%
Administration
$
1,044
$
2,411
130.9%
Operations & Maint
$
757
$
1,529
102.0%
Transportation
$
239
$
493
106.3%
Food Service
$
424
$
938
121.2%
Other
$
-
$
46
-
Capital
$
333
$
373
12.0%
Debt Service
$
480
$
640
33.3%
TOTAL
$
10,238
$
19,275
88.3%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
State
$

5,248

$
12,629
140.6%
Federal
$
1,813
$
4,112
126.8%
Local
$
3,206
$
2,533
-21.0%
TOTAL
$
10,267
$
19,275
87.7%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
3,702,118
$
4,345,410
17.4%
Debt Service
$
2,126,232
$
6,812,193
220.4%
Federal
$
-584,925
$
-1,382,197
136.3%
All Other
$

16,016,970

$
38,925,236
143.0%
TOTAL
$
21,260,395
$
48,700,642
129.1%

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%

46%
28%
58%
8th

7%

23%
11%
30%
10th

10%

36%
15%
36%

Math

4th

20%

39%
22%
54%
8th

10%

31%
11%
34%
10th

6%

18%
9%
30%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2023
% Change
Students

12,966.00

12,404.40
-4.3%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2023
% Change
Classroom Teachers

800.3

702.7
-12.2%
Other Teachers

257.1

214.3
-16.6%
Managers

108.3

151
39.4%
Other Non-Teachers

850.7

944.3
11.0%
TOTAL

2,016.40

2,012.30
-0.2%
Students Per:
2005
2023
Classroom Teacher

16.2

17.7
Manager

119.7

82.1
Other Non-Teachers

15.2

13.1
Employee

6.4

6.2

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.