NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools KS

Best-Resourced Schools in Andover, KS

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

8,165

Students

46.9/100

Avg Resource Index

17.6:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Andover has more public-school enrollment than 74% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Andover Ecademy enrolls 44.3% of Andover's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Andover's list includes 1 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Andover's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 78th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 14-point gap between Andover Ecademy and Cottonwood Elementary measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment: Top 26%
School count: Top 54%
Resource Index average: 78th percentile
Teacher staffing: 28th percentile

Andover Ecademy accounts for 44.3% of all Andover public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Andover-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Andover school enrollment varies 9.9× across entities

Andover school enrollment ranges from 367 students (lowest) to 3,617 students (highest), a spread of 3,250 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Andover operates one school district — a single-district system

Andover's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Andover student-teacher ratio is 17.6:1 — 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 Andover is typically wider than the Andover-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Andover Ecademy	56	3,617	Combined	Andover
2.	Andover Central Middle School	51	642	middle	Andover
3.	Sunflower Elementary School	48	367	Combined	Andover
4.	Andover Middle School	46	773	middle	Andover
5.	Andover Central High School	45	886	high	Andover
6.	Andover High	44	1,018	high	Andover
7.	Prairie Creek Elementary	43	474	Combined	Andover
8.	Cottonwood Elementary	42	388	elementary	Andover

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Andover

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.

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Which Andover school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Andover Ecademy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Andover schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Andover, KS? ▼

Andover has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,165 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.6:1.

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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.