What Kansas School Districts Spend Per Student
The median Kansas school district spends $14,721 per student per year, $178 above the national median of $14,543, across all 284 districts the state reports. The 284 of them a ZIP code can reach are listed below, and their 483,157 students account for $6.7 billion of current spending in fiscal year 2022.
Kansas at a Glance
| Median district, per student | $14,721 |
|---|---|
| National median district | $14,543 |
| Districts listed | 284 of 284 |
| Students listed | 483,157 |
| Median district, math | ≈32% |
| Median district, reading | ≈35% |
Every Kansas District, by Enrollment
Spending is current spending divided by fall membership for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates are school year 2018-19, the last year before the pandemic interrupted state testing, so the money and the results are not from the same year. A figure marked ≈ is one the federal file published as a range rather than a value, so small groups of children stay unidentifiable; it is the middle of that range and within ten points of the real one. A dash means the federal files publish no value under that district's ID.
| District | Students | Per student | Math | Reading | Graduation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Unified School District 259 | 46,657 | $15,361 | 18% | 23% | 75% |
| Olathe Unified School District 233 | 29,305 | $14,650 | 42% | 45% | 94% |
| Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District | 26,462 | $12,112 | 44% | 48% | 90% |
| Blue Valley Unified School District 229 | 22,376 | $12,217 | 55% | 61% | 96% |
| Kansas City Unified School District 500 | 21,593 | $16,610 | 18% | 19% | 73% |
| Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501 | 12,503 | $16,138 | 25% | 25% | 81% |
| Lawrence Unified School District 497 | 11,145 | $12,091 | 38% | 44% | 83% |
| Andover Unified School District 385 | 8,720 | $7,432 | 52% | 55% | 89% |
| Maize Unified School District 266 | 7,980 | $13,642 | 42% | 49% | 95% |
| De Soto Unified School District 232 | 7,396 | $11,364 | 50% | 54% | 98% |
| Garden City Unified School District 457 | 7,324 | $12,807 | 20% | 24% | 81% |
| Derby Unified School District 260 | 7,262 | $11,217 | 32% | 35% | 93% |
| Dodge City Unified School District 443 | 7,188 | $12,648 | 22% | 20% | 91% |
| Geary County Schools Unified School District 475 | 7,095 | $14,320 | 31% | 37% | 87% |
| Salina Unified School District 305 | 6,968 | $18,628 | 24% | 31% | 87% |
| Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District 383 | 6,885 | $12,720 | 40% | 45% | 82% |
| Goddard Unified School District 265 | 6,297 | $13,551 | 42% | 48% | 93% |
| Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 | 6,109 | $12,077 | 42% | 47% | 94% |
| Gardner Edgerton Unified School District 231 | 5,918 | $13,254 | 39% | 39% | 95% |
| Haysville Unified School District 261 | 5,777 | $12,397 | 25% | 30% | 88% |
| Spring Hill Unified School District 230 | 5,379 | $10,075 | 40% | 42% | 61% |
| Liberal Unified School District 480 | 4,668 | $12,495 | 12% | 16% | 80% |
| Hutchinson Public Schools Unified School District 308 | 4,335 | $15,014 | 24% | 27% | 85% |
| Emporia Unified School District 253 | 4,254 | $15,415 | 27% | 31% | 90% |
| Seaman Unified School District 345 | 3,915 | $11,874 | 37% | 37% | 92% |
| Turner Unified School District 202 | 3,899 | $12,828 | 20% | 23% | 74% |
| Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 | 3,817 | $11,626 | 38% | 37% | 97% |
| Leavenworth Unified School District 453 | 3,695 | $13,595 | 18% | 26% | 86% |
| Pittsburg Unified School District 250 | 3,345 | $12,469 | 34% | 35% | 84% |
| Newton Unified School District 373 | 3,274 | $15,402 | 22% | 29% | 82% |
| Hays Unified School District 489 | 3,273 | $15,127 | 42% | 44% | 93% |
| Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262 | 3,092 | $14,370 | 39% | 43% | 90% |
| Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458 | 2,996 | $12,757 | 43% | 48% | 87% |
| Great Bend Unified School District 428 | 2,900 | $14,955 | 32% | 29% | ≈87% |
| Arkansas City Unified School District 470 | 2,783 | $13,387 | 25% | 23% | 77% |
| Piper-Kansas City Unified School District 203 | 2,615 | $11,455 | 46% | 47% | ≈92% |
| Lansing Unified School District 469 | 2,596 | $12,155 | 35% | 44% | 93% |
| Bonner Springs Unified School District 204 | 2,552 | $13,486 | 28% | 34% | 86% |
| Buhler Unified School District 313 | 2,395 | $11,029 | 34% | 38% | ≈92% |
| McPherson Unified School District 418 | 2,342 | $17,683 | 28% | 31% | ≈87% |
| Ottawa Unified School District 290 | 2,330 | $12,994 | 21% | 27% | ≈87% |
| Winfield Unified School District 465 | 2,213 | $20,088 | 27% | 32% | ≈92% |
| Augusta Unified School District 402 | 2,024 | $11,077 | 32% | 35% | ≈92% |
| Independence Unified School District 446 | 2,023 | $12,179 | 35% | 35% | ≈92% |
| Circle Unified School District 375 | 2,015 | $10,992 | 38% | 45% | ≈92% |
| Renwick Unified School District 267 | 1,967 | $11,969 | 53% | 48% | ≈98% |
| Tonganoxie Unified School District 464 | 1,903 | $11,510 | 32% | 38% | ≈87% |
| Elkhart Unified School District 218 | 1,865 | $7,257 | 27% | 38% | ≈92% |
| Fort Scott Unified School District 234 | 1,841 | $12,647 | 22% | 28% | ≈82% |
| El Dorado Unified School District 490 | 1,832 | $12,294 | 26% | 30% | ≈87% |
| Coffeyville Unified School District 445 | 1,820 | $13,360 | 16% | 24% | ≈82% |
| Mulvane Unified School District 263 | 1,816 | $12,453 | 35% | 41% | ≈98% |
| Paola Unified School District 368 | 1,801 | $23,217 | 35% | 36% | ≈92% |
| Louisburg Unified School District 416 | 1,788 | $11,049 | 47% | 49% | ≈98% |
| Chanute Public Schools Unified School District 413 | 1,753 | $14,260 | 26% | 36% | ≈92% |
| Eudora Unified School District 491 | 1,720 | $11,728 | 31% | 40% | ≈98% |
| Wamego Unified School District 320 | 1,674 | $14,510 | 33% | 40% | ≈87% |
| Rose Hill Public Schools Unified School District 394 | 1,667 | $11,250 | 33% | 35% | ≈92% |
| Fort Leavenworth Unified School District 207 | 1,649 | $12,519 | 68% | 68% | — |
| Labette County Unified School District 506 | 1,586 | $12,032 | 37% | 40% | ≈92% |
| Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409 | 1,580 | $13,673 | 25% | 31% | ≈87% |
| Abilene Unified School District 435 | 1,522 | $12,442 | 32% | 42% | ≈87% |
| Ulysses Unified School District 214 | 1,513 | $12,388 | 15% | 16% | ≈82% |
| Wellington Unified School District 353 | 1,457 | $13,583 | 21% | 29% | ≈92% |
| Baldwin City Unified School District 348 | 1,357 | $11,841 | 35% | 40% | ≈87% |
| Clay Center Unified School District 379 | 1,351 | $16,186 | 34% | 36% | ≈92% |
| Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 | 1,336 | $9,002 | 33% | 42% | ≈87% |
| Parsons Unified School District 503 | 1,319 | $13,829 | 28% | 31% | ≈92% |
| Rock Creek Unified School District 323 | 1,267 | $10,880 | 48% | 52% | ≈95% |
| Pratt Unified School District 382 | 1,240 | $11,985 | 33% | 35% | ≈87% |
| Iola Unified School District 257 | 1,198 | $14,011 | 23% | 34% | ≈77% |
| Holton Unified School District 336 | 1,154 | $16,928 | 38% | 43% | ≈87% |
| Concordia Unified School District 333 | 1,145 | $17,698 | 25% | 33% | ≈92% |
| Chapman Unified School District 473 | 1,140 | $12,972 | 40% | 42% | ≈98% |
| Clearwater Unified School District 264 | 1,133 | $12,401 | 36% | 40% | ≈87% |
| Kaw Valley Unified School District 321 | 1,130 | $14,590 | 30% | 32% | ≈92% |
| Nickerson Unified School District 309 | 1,118 | $13,581 | 26% | 28% | ≈87% |
| Prairie Hills Unified School District 113 | 1,086 | $13,791 | 49% | 48% | ≈98% |
| Osawatomie Unified School District 367 | 1,083 | $15,638 | 23% | 28% | ≈92% |
| Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434 | 1,074 | $13,841 | 30% | 34% | ≈87% |
| Hugoton Public Schools Unified School District 210 | 1,039 | $13,539 | 26% | 29% | ≈92% |
| Girard Unified School District 248 | 1,024 | $13,209 | 30% | 40% | ≈82% |
| Holcomb Unified School District 363 | 991 | $12,544 | 25% | 24% | ≈85% |
| Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315 | 983 | $12,771 | 23% | 30% | ≈95% |
| Garnett Unified School District 365 | 972 | $13,059 | 39% | 38% | ≈98% |
| Scott County Unified School District 466 | 969 | $13,457 | 27% | 32% | ≈92% |
| Humboldt Unified School District 258 | 961 | $10,120 | 24% | 40% | ≈82% |
| Frontenac Public Schools Unified School District 249 | 960 | $12,386 | 38% | 42% | ≈95% |
| Goodland Unified School District 352 | 946 | $13,591 | 42% | 38% | ≈65% |
| Hiawatha Unified School District 415 | 943 | $12,635 | 30% | 43% | ≈87% |
| Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331 | 936 | $13,917 | 22% | 29% | ≈87% |
| Columbus Unified School District 493 | 924 | $14,501 | 23% | 38% | ≈98% |
| Prairie View Unified School District 362 | 906 | $17,353 | 26% | 29% | ≈87% |
| Baxter Springs Unified School District 508 | 883 | $13,965 | 32% | 37% | ≈92% |
| Fort Larned Unified School District 495 | 867 | $17,561 | 32% | 35% | ≈92% |
| Hesston Unified School District 460 | 850 | $11,389 | 50% | 50% | ≈95% |
| Galena Unified School District 499 | 843 | $13,679 | 24% | 29% | ≈87% |
| Royal Valley Unified School District 337 | 842 | $13,928 | 34% | 41% | ≈92% |
| Halstead Unified School District 440 | 829 | $11,914 | 41% | 42% | ≈87% |
| Burlington Unified School District 244 | 828 | $20,521 | 38% | 36% | ≈92% |
| Cheney Unified School District 268 | 827 | $13,252 | 42% | 50% | ≈95% |
| Beloit Unified School District 273 | 820 | $20,865 | 38% | 41% | ≈95% |
| Marysville Unified School District 364 | 817 | $16,797 | 27% | 31% | ≈92% |
| Russell County Unified School District 407 | 814 | $16,335 | 21% | 24% | ≈92% |
| Wellsville Unified School District 289 | 812 | $12,894 | 34% | 39% | ≈95% |
| Haven Public Schools Unified School District 312 | 808 | $12,860 | 22% | 33% | ≈92% |
| Jefferson West Unified School District 340 | 803 | $14,656 | 40% | 40% | ≈85% |
| Chaparral Schools Unified School District 361 | 795 | $16,410 | 31% | 32% | ≈77% |
| Lyons Unified School District 405 | 792 | $21,413 | 33% | 30% | ≈95% |
| Caney Valley Unified School District 436 | 791 | $13,124 | 40% | 40% | ≈87% |
| Hoisington Unified School District 431 | 788 | $12,881 | 39% | 41% | ≈85% |
| Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 | 786 | $13,239 | 24% | 29% | ≈92% |
| Morris County Unified School District 417 | 785 | $14,275 | 38% | 43% | ≈95% |
| Neodesha Unified School District 461 | 775 | $13,995 | 31% | 34% | ≈95% |
| Nemaha Unified School District 115 | 752 | $14,249 | 52% | 53% | ≈95% |
| Cherryvale Unified School District 447 | 743 | $15,380 | 23% | 29% | ≈85% |
| Osage City Unified School District 420 | 731 | $13,012 | 40% | 38% | ≈85% |
| Silver Lake Unified School District 372 | 719 | $12,652 | 55% | 49% | ≈95% |
| Riley County Unified School District 378 | 707 | $13,160 | 57% | 55% | ≈95% |
| Southeast of Saline Unified School District 306 | 694 | $13,597 | 32% | 38% | ≈95% |
| Riverton Unified School District 404 | 678 | $14,645 | 21% | 30% | ≈95% |
| Fredonia Unified School District 484 | 664 | $14,149 | 12% | 19% | ≈87% |
| Norton Community Schools Unified School District 211 | 662 | $13,074 | 31% | 42% | ≈95% |
| Cimarron-Ensign Unified School District 102 | 661 | $13,123 | 29% | 28% | ≈95% |
| Easton Unified School District 449 | 659 | $13,263 | 44% | 47% | ≈95% |
| West Franklin Unified School District 287 | 650 | $15,342 | 39% | 36% | ≈85% |
| Vermillion Unified School District 380 | 648 | $11,517 | 49% | 52% | ≈95% |
| Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396 | 647 | $13,521 | 30% | 35% | ≈92% |
| Lakin Unified School District 215 | 644 | $14,376 | 19% | 23% | ≈85% |
| North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 | 640 | $14,242 | 42% | 43% | ≈95% |
| Riverside Unified School District 114 | 637 | $13,130 | 19% | 27% | ≈95% |
| Ellsworth Unified School District 327 | 636 | $13,458 | 41% | 46% | ≈95% |
| Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh Unified School District 410 | 614 | $13,419 | 46% | 47% | ≈95% |
| Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 | 605 | $14,469 | 13% | 31% | ≈85% |
| Kismet-Plains Unified School District 483 | 603 | $16,861 | 24% | 18% | ≈90% |
| Eureka Unified School District 389 | 602 | $15,578 | 29% | 38% | ≈95% |
| Twin Valley Unified School District 240 | 597 | $13,772 | 32% | 35% | ≈95% |
| Oskaloosa Public Schools Unified School District 341 | 591 | $15,284 | 32% | 43% | ≈95% |
| Phillipsburg Unified School District 325 | 565 | $13,885 | 36% | 36% | ≈95% |
| Southern Lyon County Unified School District 252 | 557 | $15,206 | 41% | 43% | ≈95% |
| Syracuse Unified School District 494 | 556 | $14,182 | 22% | 25% | ≈95% |
| Jayhawk Unified School District 346 | 548 | $16,752 | 32% | 33% | ≈85% |
| Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 | 528 | $15,364 | 41% | 44% | ≈85% |
| Bluestem Unified School District 205 | 525 | $14,368 | 25% | 25% | ≈95% |
| Republic County-Hillcrest Rural Schools Unified School District 109 | 525 | $14,171 | 38% | 37% | ≈85% |
| Central Heights Unified School District 288 | 524 | $15,508 | 41% | 45% | ≈85% |
| Centre Unified School District 397 | 524 | $9,836 | ≈32% | ≈42% | ≈70% |
| South Brown County Unified School District 430 | 523 | $17,631 | 24% | 25% | ≈85% |
| Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 | 510 | $15,565 | 23% | 31% | ≈85% |
| Sedgwick Public Schools Unified School District 439 | 506 | $13,362 | 38% | 48% | ≈85% |
| Barber County North Unified School District 254 | 495 | $15,931 | 28% | 33% | ≈90% |
| Sterling Unified School District 376 | 487 | $15,129 | 54% | 52% | ≈95% |
| Lebo-Waverly Unified School District 243 | 486 | $14,928 | 34% | 41% | ≈90% |
| Remington-Whitewater Unified School District 206 | 482 | $15,166 | 32% | 38% | ≈95% |
| Moundridge Unified School District 423 | 480 | $11,971 | 31% | 33% | ≈95% |
| Uniontown Unified School District 235 | 477 | $15,105 | 31% | 39% | ≈85% |
| Northeast Unified School District 246 | 472 | $15,398 | 28% | 24% | ≈85% |
| Barnes Unified School District 223 | 469 | $12,429 | ≈42% | ≈42% | ≈95% |
| Smith Center Unified School District 237 | 468 | $14,179 | ≈32% | 54% | ≈95% |
| Ellinwood Public Schools Unified School District 355 | 467 | $15,745 | 28% | 31% | ≈85% |
| Mission Valley Unified School District 330 | 464 | $16,144 | 31% | 29% | ≈85% |
| Cherokee Unified School District 247 | 459 | $17,279 | 26% | 37% | ≈85% |
| McLouth Unified School District 342 | 459 | $15,115 | 27% | 24% | ≈95% |
| Erie-Galesburg Unified School District 101 | 458 | $15,299 | 21% | 24% | ≈95% |
| Lyndon Unified School District 421 | 452 | $14,416 | 31% | 39% | ≈95% |
| Oakley Unified School District 274 | 449 | $13,269 | ≈32% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| Oxford Unified School District 358 | 449 | $12,031 | ≈27% | ≈27% | ≈85% |
| Hoxie Community Schools Unified School District 412 | 444 | $13,385 | 37% | 38% | ≈90% |
| Jefferson County North Unified School District 339 | 444 | $15,365 | 42% | 44% | ≈85% |
| Valley Heights Unified School District 498 | 444 | $16,414 | 46% | 48% | ≈90% |
| Inman Unified School District 448 | 438 | $13,612 | 43% | 36% | ≈95% |
| Herington Unified School District 487 | 435 | $15,855 | 29% | 35% | ≈85% |
| Ell-Saline Unified School District 307 | 432 | $15,250 | 27% | 32% | ≈90% |
| Oswego Unified School District 504 | 432 | $15,743 | 28% | 38% | ≈90% |
| Stanton County Unified School District 452 | 431 | $14,072 | 33% | 27% | ≈95% |
| Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 | 424 | $15,792 | 43% | 41% | ≈95% |
| Kiowa County Unified School District 422 | 421 | $14,838 | ≈32% | ≈37% | ≈62% |
| Woodson Unified School District 366 | 419 | $17,606 | 29% | 28% | ≈90% |
| Rock Hills Unified School District 107 | 411 | $13,017 | ≈52% | ≈47% | — |
| Valley Falls Unified School District 338 | 404 | $14,745 | 30% | 34% | ≈90% |
| Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286 | 403 | $16,159 | ≈27% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Conway Springs Unified School District 356 | 402 | $15,505 | 39% | 36% | ≈95% |
| Graham County Unified School District 281 | 402 | $14,030 | 18% | 27% | ≈90% |
| Oberlin Unified School District 294 | 397 | $15,524 | ≈32% | ≈42% | ≈90% |
| WaKeeney Unified School District 208 | 397 | $14,756 | ≈27% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| Skyline Schools Unified School District 438 | 388 | $13,423 | 40% | 35% | ≈95% |
| Chetopa-St. Paul Unified School District 505 | 387 | $17,276 | ≈27% | ≈37% | ≈85% |
| Leoti Unified School District 467 | 385 | $14,722 | 32% | 34% | ≈90% |
| North Jackson Unified School District 335 | 385 | $14,345 | ≈42% | ≈52% | ≈95% |
| Meade Unified School District 226 | 383 | $15,559 | ≈37% | ≈42% | ≈85% |
| Sublette Unified School District 374 | 375 | $19,435 | 24% | 33% | ≈95% |
| Chase County Unified School District 284 | 374 | $15,267 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Solomon Unified School District 393 | 370 | $14,868 | ≈37% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Rawlins County Unified School District 105 | 364 | $15,228 | 32% | 44% | ≈90% |
| Plainville Unified School District 270 | 361 | $14,720 | ≈32% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Pleasanton Unified School District 344 | 361 | $14,252 | ≈27% | ≈22% | ≈95% |
| Washington Co. Schools Unified School District 108 | 361 | $16,806 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Doniphan West Unified School District 111 | 356 | $16,441 | ≈22% | ≈37% | — |
| Osborne County Unified School District 392 | 354 | $13,912 | ≈47% | ≈47% | ≈90% |
| Spearville Unified School District 381 | 346 | $13,367 | ≈42% | ≈47% | ≈90% |
| St. John-Hudson Unified School District 350 | 346 | $15,962 | ≈32% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Troy Public Schools Unified School District 429 | 343 | $14,032 | ≈17% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Udall Unified School District 463 | 343 | $14,776 | ≈27% | ≈27% | ≈95% |
| Waconda Unified School District 272 | 338 | $14,766 | ≈47% | ≈52% | ≈90% |
| Stockton Unified School District 271 | 337 | $16,193 | ≈12% | ≈27% | — |
| Lincoln Unified School District 298 | 336 | $15,262 | ≈32% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Ellis Unified School District 388 | 327 | $17,131 | 37% | 41% | ≈95% |
| Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton Unified School District 322 | 326 | $14,856 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Comanche County Unified School District 300 | 325 | $17,495 | ≈42% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293 | 321 | $15,847 | ≈42% | ≈52% | ≈90% |
| Pretty Prairie Unified School District 311 | 318 | $14,755 | ≈37% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| North Lyon County Unified School District 251 | 317 | $19,139 | ≈27% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| Canton-Galva Unified School District 419 | 315 | $17,825 | ≈22% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Kinsley-Offerle Unified School District 347 | 310 | $16,426 | ≈32% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Central Unified School District 462 | 307 | $15,948 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈85% |
| Ness City Unified School District 303 | 303 | $14,393 | ≈8% | ≈17% | ≈90% |
| Clifton-Clyde Unified School District 224 | 295 | $18,353 | ≈22% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| Goessel Unified School District 411 | 293 | $15,225 | ≈42% | ≈42% | ≈90% |
| Hodgeman County Schools Unified School District 227 | 293 | $14,235 | ≈27% | ≈42% | ≈90% |
| Little River Unified School District 444 | 291 | $15,258 | ≈47% | ≈42% | ≈45% |
| Flinthills Unified School District 492 | 290 | $16,214 | ≈37% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| LaCrosse Unified School District 395 | 290 | $15,193 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Victoria Unified School District 432 | 289 | $13,869 | ≈32% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297 | 286 | $15,640 | ≈42% | ≈37% | ≈10% |
| Fairfield Unified School District 310 | 284 | $17,162 | ≈17% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Dexter Unified School District 471 | 283 | $13,028 | ≈42% | ≈42% | — |
| Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454 | 281 | $15,619 | ≈42% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| Stafford Unified School District 349 | 277 | $19,520 | ≈22% | ≈27% | ≈70% |
| Rural Vista Unified School District 481 | 271 | $17,155 | ≈32% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Crest Unified School District 479 | 263 | $14,259 | ≈22% | ≈32% | — |
| Caldwell Unified School District 360 | 262 | $16,752 | ≈27% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Satanta Unified School District 507 | 259 | $19,614 | ≈22% | ≈22% | ≈90% |
| Dighton Unified School District 482 | 258 | $14,779 | ≈37% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256 | 255 | $17,537 | ≈17% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 | 253 | $14,277 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Greeley County Schools Unified School District 200 | 251 | $14,414 | ≈22% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386 | 251 | $16,637 | ≈47% | ≈47% | ≈90% |
| Blue Valley Unified School District 384 | 244 | $17,172 | ≈37% | ≈47% | — |
| Deerfield Unified School District 216 | 243 | $16,333 | ≈12% | ≈27% | — |
| Minneola Unified School District 219 | 240 | $17,462 | ≈42% | ≈42% | ≈90% |
| Otis-Bison Unified School District 403 | 237 | $16,017 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈65% |
| Bucklin Unified School District 459 | 236 | $16,394 | ≈27% | ≈27% | — |
| Ingalls Unified School District 477 | 233 | $17,258 | ≈32% | ≈42% | — |
| Pike Valley Unified School District 426 | 232 | $14,129 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 | 230 | $17,913 | ≈17% | ≈22% | ≈70% |
| Cunningham Unified School District 332 | 229 | $14,812 | ≈37% | ≈47% | — |
| Montezuma Unified School District 371 | 227 | $15,969 | ≈32% | ≈42% | ≈75% |
| South Barber Unified School District 255 | 221 | $17,122 | ≈42% | ≈47% | ≈90% |
| Marais des Cygnes Valley Unified School District 456 | 218 | $19,482 | ≈37% | ≈27% | — |
| South Haven Unified School District 509 | 212 | $17,085 | ≈22% | ≈32% | — |
| Ashland Unified School District 220 | 208 | $15,514 | ≈12% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Macksville Unified School District 351 | 199 | $21,020 | ≈27% | ≈32% | ≈90% |
| Burrton Unified School District 369 | 188 | $18,777 | ≈27% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Golden Plains Unified School District 316 | 184 | $19,967 | ≈22% | ≈32% | — |
| Wallace County Schools Unified School District 241 | 184 | $17,299 | ≈37% | ≈42% | ≈90% |
| Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 | 181 | $23,221 | ≈37% | ≈37% | ≈90% |
| Leroy-Gridley Unified School District 245 | 175 | $22,040 | ≈22% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Attica Unified School District 511 | 172 | $19,680 | ≈17% | ≈22% | — |
| Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359 | 169 | $18,574 | ≈27% | ≈32% | — |
| Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387 | 167 | $19,036 | ≈22% | ≈27% | — |
| Northern Valley Unified School District 212 | 161 | $19,702 | ≈27% | ≈22% | ≈90% |
| Southern Cloud Unified School District 334 | 158 | $20,361 | ≈22% | ≈27% | ≈90% |
| Cheylin Unified School District 103 | 153 | $17,288 | ≈42% | ≈52% | — |
| Chase-Raymond Unified School District 401 | 148 | $18,818 | ≈12% | ≈17% | ≈90% |
| Pawnee Heights Unified School District 496 | 147 | $18,537 | ≈62% | ≈57% | — |
| Moscow Public Schools Unified School District 209 | 142 | $21,437 | ≈22% | ≈32% | — |
| Brewster Unified School District 314 | 141 | $17,355 | ≈25% | ≈25% | ≈70% |
| Cedar Vale Unified School District 285 | 138 | $19,022 | ≈17% | ≈27% | — |
| Logan Unified School District 326 | 137 | $19,066 | ≈35% | ≈25% | — |
| Lewis Unified School District 502 (elementary district) | 131 | $14,611 | ≈35% | ≈45% | — |
| Paradise Unified School District 399 | 128 | $18,055 | ≈25% | ≈25% | — |
| Wheatland Unified School District 292 | 125 | $19,808 | ≈30% | ≈30% | — |
| Western Plains Unified School District 106 | 123 | $22,130 | ≈15% | ≈35% | — |
| Fowler Unified School District 225 | 108 | $19,083 | ≈32% | ≈27% | — |
| Weskan Unified School District 242 | 104 | $20,404 | ≈35% | ≈45% | — |
| Rolla Unified School District 217 | 102 | $21,990 | ≈22% | ≈32% | — |
| Elk Valley Unified School District 283 | 101 | $30,040 | ≈25% | ≈45% | — |
| Copeland Unified School District 476 (elementary district) | 100 | $21,130 | ≈22% | ≈32% | — |
| Palco Unified School District 269 | 89 | $21,629 | ≈25% | ≈35% | — |
| Haviland Unified School District 474 (elementary district) | 84 | $22,988 | ≈65% | ≈55% | — |
| Triplains Unified School District 275 | 74 | $22,797 | ≈55% | ≈35% | — |
| Hamilton Unified School District 390 | 72 | $21,181 | ≈35% | ≈55% | — |
| Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291 (elementary district) | 70 | $23,914 | ≈32% | ≈17% | — |
| Healy Public Schools Unified School District 468 | 43 | $29,907 | ≈10% | ≈30% | — |
Sources
Spending and enrollment come from the NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33) for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates come from EDFacts for school year 2018-19. Districts are matched to ZIP codes through the NCES EDGE geographic relationship file. Nothing on this page is estimated or modelled: a figure is read from a federal source file or it is left blank.
Questions About Kansas School Spending
How much does the average Kansas school district spend per student?
The middle, or median, Kansas district spent $14,721 per student in fiscal year 2022, $178 above the national median of $14,543. The median is the better summary here: a few very small districts spend several times what a large one does, and an average would follow them. That median covers all 284 districts the state reports. Across the 284 a ZIP code can reach, which are the ones listed on this page, 483,157 students account for $6.7 billion of current spending.
Which Kansas districts spend the most and least per student?
Elk Valley Unified School District 283 reports the highest figure in the table at $30,040 per student for 101 students, and Elkhart Unified School District 218 the lowest at $7,257 for 1,865 students. Enrollment is the denominator, so a small district with one building and one bus route honestly produces a high figure; read the two columns together.
Why are some Kansas districts missing from this table?
Every Kansas district with federal finance data appears in this table.
Does this money follow a child who is homeschooled?
No. The figure is what the district spends on a seat in its own schools, funded from local property tax, state formula aid and federal programs. Withdrawing a child removes the child from the count rather than sending the money home. TheHomeschoolingCompany is $1,788 for one student for a school year by comparison, less for each child after the first.
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