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De Soto

A public school district in De Soto, Kansas, with 13 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

7,295
Students enrolled
554
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
932.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,253
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 7,295 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,279th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 12th of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 92% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,253 in fiscal year 2023
More than 18% 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

De Soto spent $12,253 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,182 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
De Soto spent $12,253 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,182 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$12,253$91.2 million7,441
FY2022$11,364$84.0 million7,396
FY2021$10,610$75.5 million7,112
FY2020$9,983$74.5 million7,467
FY2019$9,299$69.0 million7,422
FY2018$8,853$66.1 million7,464
FY2017$8,384$60.3 million7,189
FY2016$8,426$59.4 million7,054
FY2015$8,385$59.4 million7,089
FY2014$8,275$58.4 million7,063
FY2013$8,375$58.5 million6,980
FY2012$8,328$57.4 million6,887
FY2011$8,165$54.9 million6,721
FY2010$8,228$54.0 million6,560
FY2009$8,429$54.3 million6,445
FY2008$8,477$51.6 million6,091
FY2007$7,684$43.8 million5,701
FY2006$7,319$38.7 million5,285
FY2005$7,182$34.9 million4,856

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to De Soto by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$5.8 million4.9%
State$68.6 million58.8%
Local$42.4 million36.3%
Total$116.7 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

13 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in De Soto
SchoolStudents
Belmont Elementary School381
Clear Creek Elementary461
De Soto High School918
Horizon Elementary351
Lexington Trails Middle School393
Mill Creek Middle School676
Mill Valley High School1,432
Mize Elementary School474
Monticello Trails Middle School655
Prairie Ridge Elementary School431
Riverview Elementary441
Starside Elementary428
Virtual Education Program26

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
2005490

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved