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Spending Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Instruction
$
5,077
$
8,048
58.5%
Student Support
$
213
$
696
226.8%
Staff Support

$

201
$
357
77.6%
Administration
$
857
$
1,544
80.2%
Operations & Maint
$
877
$
1,691
92.8%
Transportation
$
268
$
611
128.0%
Food Service
$
451
$
769
70.5%
Other
$
-
$
99
-
Capital
$
258
$
882
241.9%
Debt Service
$
452
$
2,536
461.1%
TOTAL
$
8,653
$
17,233
99.2%

Aid Per Pupil

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
State
$

5,217

$
13,403
156.9%
Federal
$
1,130
$
3,223
185.2%
Local
$
2,306
$
608
-73.6%
TOTAL
$
8,653
$
17,233
99.2%

Carryover Cash

Metric
2005
2023
% Change
Capital Outlay
$
1,411,664
$
15,220,203
978.2%
Debt Service
$
2,512,058
$
12,176,650
384.7%
Federal
$
39,214
$
-
-
All Other
$

2,841,782

$
9,677,672
240.5%
TOTAL
$
6,804,718
$
37,074,525
444.8%

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

14%

20%
28%
58%
8th

5%

19%
11%
30%
10th

6%

36%
15%
36%

Math

4th

13%

15%
22%
54%
8th

5%

22%
11%
34%
10th

7%

5%
9%
30%

Employment & Enrollment

Student Totals
2005
2023
% Change
Students

4,173.40

4,510.90
8.1%
Teachers & Staff
2005
2023
% Change
Classroom Teachers

258

277
7.4%
Other Teachers

37.5

28
-25.3%
Managers

31

52
67.7%
Other Non-Teachers

342.5

454
32.6%
TOTAL

669

811
21.2%
Students Per:
2005
2023
Classroom Teacher

16.2

16.3
Manager

134.6

86.7
Other Non-Teachers

12.2

9.9
Employee

6.2

5.6

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.