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Kansas City

A public school district in Kansas City, Kansas, with 43 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

21,538
Students enrolled
1,399.6
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
3,285.9
All staff, full-time equivalent
$17,611
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 21,538 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 342nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 5th of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $17,611 in fiscal year 2023
More than 62% 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

Kansas City spent $20,150 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,924 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: NCES

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The figures

Kansas City spent $20,150 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,924 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
FY2024$20,150$425.8 million21,132
FY2023$17,611$387.7 million22,015
FY2022$16,610$358.7 million21,593
FY2021$13,315$294.8 million22,140
FY2020$12,573$297.9 million23,690
FY2019$12,239$285.1 million23,292
FY2018$12,616$288.9 million22,902
FY2017$12,601$277.8 million22,044
FY2016$11,186$246.7 million22,052
FY2015$11,361$251.4 million22,129
FY2014$11,137$241.4 million21,677
FY2013$10,213$213.6 million20,914
FY2012$10,938$224.2 million20,499
FY2011$10,517$212.7 million20,229
FY2010$10,176$208.9 million20,524
FY2009$10,969$222.8 million20,317
FY2008$10,832$216.3 million19,965
FY2007$9,992$199.8 million19,992
FY2006$9,004$180.3 million20,022
FY2005$7,924$162.0 million20,440

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Kansas City by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$96.8 million23.5%
State$256.7 million62.4%
Local$58.2 million14.1%
Total$411.7 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

43 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Kansas City
SchoolStudents
500 Reach76
Alfred Fairfax Academy52
Argentine Middle519
Arrowhead Middle412
Banneker Elementary268
Bertram Caruthers Elementary364
Bridges/Wyandot Academy15
Carl B. Bruce Middle School821
Central Middle687
Chelsea Elementary557
Claude A Huyck Elementary304
D D Eisenhower Middle634
Douglass Elementary285
Emerson Elementary171
Eugene Ware Elementary242
F L Schlagle High841
Frances Willard Elementary434
Frank Rushton Elementary359
Gloria Willis Middle School737
Grant Elementary289
Hazel Grove Elementary537
J C Harmon High1,285
John F Kennedy Elementary419
John Fiske Elementary287
Lindbergh Elementary216
Lowell Brune Elementary School432
M E Pearson Elementary606
Mark Twain Elementary222
McKinley Elementary School243
New Stanley Elementary251
Noble Prentis Elementary193
Quindaro Elementary325
Rosedale Middle501
Silver City Elementary1,495
Stony Point North300
Stony Point South247
Sumner Academy of Arts & Science1,045
Thomas A Edison Elementary244
Washington High1,180
Welborn Elementary504
West Park Elementary School534
Whittier Elementary502
Wyandotte High1,903

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
2007950

Elsewhere

Sources

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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