Bluestem
A public school district in Leon, Kansas, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 508
- Students enrolled
- 48.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 80.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,811
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 508 in 2024–25
- Ranks 10,900th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 153rd of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 38% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,811 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 43% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Bluestem spent $14,811 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,505 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $14,811 | $7.9 million | 534 |
| FY2022 | $14,368 | $7.5 million | 525 |
| FY2021 | $14,312 | $7.1 million | 497 |
| FY2020 | $13,317 | $6.6 million | 499 |
| FY2019 | $12,331 | $6.3 million | 508 |
| FY2018 | $12,785 | $6.3 million | 494 |
| FY2017 | $12,642 | $6.3 million | 500 |
| FY2016 | $12,095 | $6.1 million | 506 |
| FY2015 | $11,957 | $6.3 million | 531 |
| FY2014 | $11,779 | $6.3 million | 534 |
| FY2013 | $11,944 | $6.4 million | 537 |
| FY2012 | $11,477 | $6.4 million | 560 |
| FY2011 | $11,597 | $6.4 million | 554 |
| FY2010 | $12,466 | $6.7 million | 534 |
| FY2009 | $12,098 | $7.0 million | 580 |
| FY2008 | $11,451 | $7.3 million | 636 |
| FY2007 | $10,413 | $7.3 million | 699 |
| FY2006 | $9,351 | $7.0 million | 753 |
| FY2005 | $8,505 | $6.4 million | 752 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $541.0 thousand | 6.4% |
| State | $6.3 million | 74.3% |
| Local | $1.6 million | 19.3% |
| Total | $8.5 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Bluestem Elementary School | 267 |
| Bluestem Jr/Sr High | 241 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not applicable
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2008550
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Kansas — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Kansas — A to Z, each with its page.
- Kansas on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved