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Colby Public Schools
A public school district in Colby, Kansas, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 958
- Students enrolled
- 67.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 138.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,964
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 958 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,661st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 86th of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 56% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,964 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 25% 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
Colby Public Schools spent $14,841 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,440 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.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $14,841 | $14.0 million | 944 |
| FY2023 | $12,964 | $12.5 million | 964 |
| FY2022 | $12,771 | $12.6 million | 983 |
| FY2021 | $12,557 | $12.0 million | 953 |
| FY2020 | $11,777 | $11.3 million | 958 |
| FY2019 | $10,479 | $10.2 million | 978 |
| FY2018 | $10,606 | $9.6 million | 905 |
| FY2017 | $10,563 | $9.3 million | 885 |
| FY2016 | $9,993 | $9.2 million | 920 |
| FY2015 | $10,265 | $9.8 million | 952 |
| FY2014 | $10,670 | $10.2 million | 959 |
| FY2013 | $9,107 | $9.1 million | 1,002 |
| FY2012 | $9,547 | $8.9 million | 928 |
| FY2011 | $9,287 | $8.9 million | 958 |
| FY2010 | $9,603 | $9.0 million | 936 |
| FY2009 | $9,999 | $9.4 million | 942 |
| FY2008 | $9,978 | $9.6 million | 966 |
| FY2007 | $8,925 | $9.2 million | 1,034 |
| FY2006 | $8,699 | $8.9 million | 1,024 |
| FY2005 | $7,440 | $8.1 million | 1,086 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.2 million | 7.3% |
| State | $9.3 million | 57.4% |
| Local | $5.7 million | 35.4% |
| Total | $16.2 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Colby Elementary | 369 |
| Colby Middle School | 293 |
| Colby Senior High | 296 |
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
- 2005010
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 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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