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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2025
% Change
Instruction
$
7,117
$
14,315
101.1%
Student Support
$
4
$
2,125
53025.0%
Staff Support

$

208
$
48
-76.9%
Administration
$
1,795
$
4,409
145.6%
Operations & Maint
$
1,466
$
4,209
187.1%
Transportation
$
768
$
872
13.5%
Food Service
$
711
$
1,676
135.7%
Other
$
0
$
-
-
Capital
$
420
$
112
-73.3%
Debt Service
$
464
$
-
-
TOTAL
$
12,954
$
27,767
114.4%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2025
% Change
State
$

8,624

$
15,588
80.8%
Federal
$
588
$
1,699
188.9%
Local
$
3,742
$
10,479
180.0%
TOTAL
$
12,954
$
27,767
114.4%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2025
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
196,016
$
345,708
76.4%
Debt Service
$
144,071
$
-
-
Federal
$
0
$
-12,825
-
All Other
$

423,324

$
995,598
135.2%
TOTAL
$
763,411
$
1,328,481
74.0%

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

-%

-%
35%
64%
8th

30%

-%
26%
53%
10th

-%

-%
25%
48%

Math

4th

-%

-%
26%
58%
8th

20%

-%
22%
52%
10th

-%

-%
19%
46%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2025
% Change
Students

189.5

118.5
-37.5%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2024
% Change
Classroom Teachers

18.9

9.6
-49.2%
Other Teachers

0.0

2.0
-
Managers

3.6

4.8
33.3%
Other Non-Teachers

17.7

12.2
-31.1%
TOTAL

40.2

28.6
-28.9%
Students Per:
2005
2025
Classroom Teacher

10.0

12.3
Manager

52.6

24.7
Other Non-Teachers

10.7

9.7
Employee

4.7

4.1

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.