NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools KS

Best-Resourced Schools in Abilene, KS

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8 public K-12 schools in Abilene from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
1,609
Students
44.9/100
Avg Resource Index
15.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Abilene has more public-school enrollment than 7% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Abilene sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Abilene's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Abilene lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 24 to 443 students, a 18-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 93%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
70th percentile
Teacher staffing
52nd percentile

Abilene High School accounts for 27.5% of all Abilene public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Abilene-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Abilene school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Abilene school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 443 students (highest), a spread of 419 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Abilene student-teacher ratio is 15.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Abilene is typically wider than the Abilene-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary 54
2. Mckinley Elem 51
3. Abilene High School 50
4. Abilene Middle School 50
5. Rural Center Elem 48
6. Blue Ridge Elem 47
7. Kennedy Elem 36
8. Abilene Virtual School 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Abilene

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Abilene Virtual School 34.3/100
  2. 2 Kennedy Elem 33.5/100
  3. 3 Abilene Middle School 27.8/100
  4. 4 Abilene High School 23.9/100
  5. 5 Mckinley Elem 23.2/100

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Which Abilene school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Abilene schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Abilene, KS? ▼

Abilene has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,609 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.