Frontier Schools
A public school district in Kansas City, Missouri, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,587
- Students enrolled
- 165.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 210
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $16,421
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,587 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,447th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 131st of 555 in Missouri. Larger than 69% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $16,421 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 55% 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
Frontier Schools spent $16,421 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,809 in fiscal year 2010
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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $16,421 | $25.6 million | 1,560 |
| FY2022 | $14,588 | $23.2 million | 1,593 |
| FY2021 | $12,527 | $20.0 million | 1,595 |
| FY2020 | $13,500 | $21.1 million | 1,564 |
| FY2019 | $13,315 | $21.6 million | 1,626 |
| FY2018 | $12,301 | $20.1 million | 1,632 |
| FY2017 | $11,038 | $17.8 million | 1,613 |
| FY2016 | $10,759 | $16.0 million | 1,487 |
| FY2015 | $10,448 | $13.2 million | 1,262 |
| FY2014 | $10,931 | $11.6 million | 1,059 |
| FY2013 | $11,446 | $10.3 million | 901 |
| FY2012 | $11,373 | $8.9 million | 780 |
| FY2011 | $10,270 | $4.2 million | 407 |
| FY2010 | $8,809 | $2.7 million | 303 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $7.3 million | 22.0% |
| State | $22.3 million | 67.3% |
| Local | $3.6 million | 10.7% |
| Total | $33.2 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
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Frontier SCHL of Excellence-M | 74 |
| Frontier SCHL of Excellence-U | 160 |
| Frontier SCHL of Innovation-M | 307 |
| Frontier School of Innovation | 645 |
| Frontier Stem High School | 401 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- FRONTIER SCHOOLS
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2900590
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Missouri — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Missouri — A to Z, each with its page.
- Missouri 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 2010 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 2010 to 2023.
Data retrieved