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Topeka Public Schools

A public school district in Topeka, Kansas, with 27 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

12,623
Students enrolled
1,024.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
2,022.3
All staff, full-time equivalent
$17,228
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 12,623 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 673rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 6th of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $17,228 in fiscal year 2023
More than 60% 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

Topeka Public Schools spent $17,228 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,387 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

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The figures

Topeka Public Schools spent $17,228 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,387 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$17,228$221.5 million12,858
FY2022$16,138$201.8 million12,503
FY2021$14,820$184.3 million12,436
FY2020$14,117$183.6 million13,004
FY2019$13,467$177.2 million13,159
FY2018$12,887$172.5 million13,386
FY2017$11,869$163.7 million13,791
FY2016$11,434$162.0 million14,165
FY2015$11,750$165.1 million14,050
FY2014$11,547$162.6 million14,079
FY2013$11,087$155.4 million14,019
FY2012$10,882$153.2 million14,082
FY2011$10,330$146.3 million14,161
FY2010$10,209$148.3 million14,522
FY2009$10,660$146.2 million13,719
FY2008$10,517$139.6 million13,271
FY2007$9,677$133.7 million13,818
FY2006$9,195$123.7 million13,456
FY2005$8,387$115.2 million13,734

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Topeka Public Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$51.0 million21.4%
State$156.7 million65.6%
Local$31.1 million13.0%
Total$238.8 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

27 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Topeka Public Schools
SchoolStudents
Avondale Academy23
Capital City0
Chase Middle School390
Eisenhower Middle School440
Highland Park Central318
Highland Park High835
Hope Street Charter Academy103
Jardine Elementary729
Jardine Middle School508
Landon Middle School430
Lowman Hill Elementary294
Marjorie French Middle School480
McCarter Elementary401
McClure Elementary301
McEachron Elementary422
Meadows Elementary
Quincy Elementary142
Randolph Elementary346
Robinson Middle School361
Ross Elementary563
Scott Dual Language Magnet402
State Street Elementary411
Topeka High1,578
Topeka Virtual School384
Topeka West High971
Whitson Elementary416
Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School447

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
2012260

Elsewhere

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