Lawrence
A public school district in Lawrence, Kansas, with 18 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 10,443
- Students enrolled
- 724
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,400.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,176
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 10,443 in 2024–25
- Ranks 848th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 7th of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,176 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 17% 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
Lawrence spent $12,176 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,951 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 | $12,176 | $132.8 million | 10,909 |
| FY2022 | $12,091 | $134.8 million | 11,145 |
| FY2021 | $11,354 | $129.7 million | 11,427 |
| FY2020 | $11,224 | $132.5 million | 11,802 |
| FY2019 | $10,784 | $129.2 million | 11,985 |
| FY2018 | $10,342 | $123.7 million | 11,957 |
| FY2017 | $9,741 | $116.9 million | 12,004 |
| FY2016 | $9,574 | $115.9 million | 12,104 |
| FY2015 | $10,053 | $119.0 million | 11,839 |
| FY2014 | $9,572 | $114.3 million | 11,939 |
| FY2013 | $9,131 | $108.0 million | 11,828 |
| FY2012 | $9,056 | $105.1 million | 11,607 |
| FY2011 | $8,957 | $99.8 million | 11,143 |
| FY2010 | $9,255 | $101.6 million | 10,980 |
| FY2009 | $9,482 | $102.7 million | 10,827 |
| FY2008 | $9,279 | $98.1 million | 10,577 |
| FY2007 | $8,991 | $94.0 million | 10,451 |
| FY2006 | $8,435 | $86.5 million | 10,254 |
| FY2005 | $7,951 | $81.1 million | 10,202 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $15.8 million | 9.4% |
| State | $96.1 million | 57.0% |
| Local | $56.6 million | 33.6% |
| Total | $168.5 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
18 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 2008400
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