Wamego
A public school district in Wamego, Kansas, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,640
- Students enrolled
- 116.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 327.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,528
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,640 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,302nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 57th of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 70% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,528 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 49% 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
Wamego spent $15,528 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,722 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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $15,528 | $25.5 million | 1,641 |
| FY2022 | $14,510 | $24.3 million | 1,674 |
| FY2021 | $14,692 | $23.2 million | 1,577 |
| FY2020 | $13,681 | $21.9 million | 1,599 |
| FY2019 | $13,231 | $20.9 million | 1,576 |
| FY2018 | $13,063 | $20.4 million | 1,562 |
| FY2017 | $12,088 | $18.8 million | 1,554 |
| FY2016 | $9,083 | $14.1 million | 1,547 |
| FY2015 | $9,334 | $14.7 million | 1,576 |
| FY2014 | $9,317 | $14.5 million | 1,556 |
| FY2013 | $8,930 | $13.8 million | 1,547 |
| FY2012 | $9,109 | $13.3 million | 1,455 |
| FY2011 | $9,226 | $13.3 million | 1,444 |
| FY2010 | $8,991 | $11.9 million | 1,326 |
| FY2009 | $9,123 | $12.3 million | 1,352 |
| FY2008 | $9,097 | $12.4 million | 1,361 |
| FY2007 | $8,457 | $11.8 million | 1,392 |
| FY2006 | $8,180 | $10.9 million | 1,337 |
| FY2005 | $7,722 | $10.5 million | 1,354 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $2.6 million | 8.8% |
| State | $16.7 million | 56.1% |
| Local | $10.4 million | 35.2% |
| Total | $29.7 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
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Central Elementary | 357 |
| Wamego High | 504 |
| Wamego High School Virtual School | 18 |
| Wamego Middle School | 385 |
| West Elementary | 353 |
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
- 2000003
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