Western Plains
A public school district in Ransom, Kansas, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 127
- Students enrolled
- 18.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 32.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $24,158
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 127 in 2024–25
- Ranks 16,074th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 268th of 289 in Kansas. Larger than 9% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $24,158 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 85% 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
Western Plains spent $22,449 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $10,273 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: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $22,449 | $2.9 million | 127 |
| FY2023 | $24,158 | $2.9 million | 120 |
| FY2022 | $22,130 | $2.7 million | 123 |
| FY2021 | $20,696 | $2.4 million | 115 |
| FY2020 | $19,300 | $2.3 million | 120 |
| FY2019 | $18,508 | $2.2 million | 118 |
| FY2018 | $18,872 | $2.1 million | 109 |
| FY2017 | $20,308 | $2.2 million | 107 |
| FY2016 | $20,056 | $2.2 million | 108 |
| FY2015 | $17,770 | $2.2 million | 122 |
| FY2014 | $17,000 | $2.3 million | 136 |
| FY2013 | $15,190 | $2.3 million | 153 |
| FY2012 | $15,595 | $2.4 million | 153 |
| FY2011 | $13,400 | $2.3 million | 170 |
| FY2010 | $12,216 | $2.1 million | 171 |
| FY2009 | $13,000 | $2.1 million | 164 |
| FY2008 | $13,669 | $2.4 million | 178 |
| FY2007 | $12,132 | $2.3 million | 190 |
| FY2006 | $11,513 | $2.3 million | 199 |
| FY2005 | $10,273 | $2.3 million | 220 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $405.0 thousand | 13.0% |
| State | $1.6 million | 52.4% |
| Local | $1.1 million | 34.6% |
| Total | $3.1 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Western Plains High | 34 |
| Western Plains North Elementary | 62 |
| Western Plains South Elem/Jr High | 31 |
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
- 2000020
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 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
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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