NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools KS

Best-Resourced Schools in Derby, KS

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

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10
Schools
6,491
Students
43.6/100
Avg Resource Index
16.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Derby has more public-school enrollment than 66% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Derby 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

7 of Derby's 10 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

Derby lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 65 to 2,172 students, a 33-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 34%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
63rd percentile
Teacher staffing
38th percentile

Derby High School accounts for 33.5% of all Derby public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Derby-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

Derby school enrollment varies 33× across entities

Derby school enrollment ranges from 65 students (lowest) to 2,172 students (highest), a spread of 2,107 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Derby operates one school district — a single-district system

Derby'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

Derby student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1 — 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 Derby is typically wider than the Derby-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Park Hill Elementary 54
2. Derby Hills Elem 53
3. Stone Creek Elementary 51
4. Swaney Elem 46
5. Derby North Middle School 45
6. Tanglewood Elem 44
7. El Paso Elem 44
8. Derby High School 38
9. Derby Middle Sch 31
10. Derby Virtual School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Derby

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 Derby North Middle School 60.7/100
  2. 2 Derby High School 58.0/100
  3. 3 Derby Middle Sch 50.6/100
  4. 4 Stone Creek Elementary 50.0/100
  5. 5 Derby Hills Elem 49.3/100

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Which Derby school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Park Hill Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Derby 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 Derby, KS? ▼

Derby has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,491 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.5:1.

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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.