Liberal
A public school district in Liberal, Kansas, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,654
- Students enrolled
- 333.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 820
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,351
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,654 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,062nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 22nd of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 88% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,351 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 19% 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
Liberal spent $12,351 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,523 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 | $12,351 | $57.5 million | 4,659 |
| FY2022 | $12,495 | $58.3 million | 4,668 |
| FY2021 | $11,699 | $54.5 million | 4,658 |
| FY2020 | $11,682 | $55.7 million | 4,768 |
| FY2019 | $10,937 | $53.6 million | 4,898 |
| FY2018 | $10,514 | $52.3 million | 4,978 |
| FY2017 | $9,876 | $49.4 million | 5,001 |
| FY2016 | $9,583 | $48.4 million | 5,050 |
| FY2015 | $9,366 | $47.5 million | 5,070 |
| FY2014 | $9,418 | $47.0 million | 4,994 |
| FY2013 | $9,413 | $46.6 million | 4,948 |
| FY2012 | $9,395 | $45.4 million | 4,833 |
| FY2011 | $8,935 | $42.8 million | 4,791 |
| FY2010 | $8,695 | $41.0 million | 4,717 |
| FY2009 | $8,796 | $40.9 million | 4,645 |
| FY2008 | $8,275 | $38.2 million | 4,616 |
| FY2007 | $7,838 | $36.3 million | 4,633 |
| FY2006 | $7,255 | $32.5 million | 4,482 |
| FY2005 | $6,523 | $30.2 million | 4,635 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $14.5 million | 16.8% |
| State | $60.5 million | 70.0% |
| Local | $11.4 million | 13.2% |
| Total | $86.4 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
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cottonwood Elementary School | 500 |
| Eisenhower Middle School | 516 |
| Liberal Sr High | 1,421 |
| MacArthur Elementary School | 386 |
| Meadowlark Elementary School | 362 |
| Prairie View Elementary School | 426 |
| Seymour Rogers Middle School | 472 |
| Sunflower Elementary School | 570 |
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
- 2008730
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