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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Instruction
$
7,117
$
13,939
95.9%
Student Support
$
4
$
2,676
66800.0%
Staff Support

$

208
$
204
-1.9%
Administration
$
1,795
$
4,880
171.9%
Operations & Maint
$
1,466
$
4,827
229.3%
Transportation
$
768
$
956
24.5%
Food Service
$
711
$
1,538
116.3%
Other
$
-
$
-
-
Capital
$
420
$
145
-65.5%
Debt Service
$
464
$
-
-
TOTAL
$
12,954
$
29,166
125.2%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
State
$

8,624

$
14,733
70.8%
Federal
$
588
$
3,662
522.8%
Local
$
3,742
$
10,771
187.8%
TOTAL
$
12,954
$
29,166
125.2%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
196,016
$
433,737
121.3%
Debt Service
$
144,071
$
-
-
Federal
$
-
$
16,681
-
All Other
$

423,324

$
1,008,438
138.2%
TOTAL
$
763,411
$
1,458,856
91.1%

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

0%

0%
28%
58%
8th

0%

0%
11%
30%
10th

0%

36%
15%
36%

Math

4th

0%

0%
22%
54%
8th

0%

0%
11%
34%
10th

0%

0%
9%
30%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2023
% Change
Students

189.5

110.5
-41.7%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2023
% Change
Classroom Teachers

18.9

15.8
-16.4%
Other Teachers

-

2
-
Managers

3.6

2.8
-22.2%
Other Non-Teachers

17.7

10.7
-39.5%
TOTAL

40.2

31.3
-22.1%
Students Per:
2005
2023
Classroom Teacher

10

7
Manager

52.6

39.5
Other Non-Teachers

10.7

10.3
Employee

4.7

3.5

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.