Public schools in Hutchinson, KS

Hutchinson has 14 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 4 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,509 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Hutchinson Public Schools runs 10 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Hutchinson's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in HutchinsonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Hutchinson Public Schools104,296$15,236
Buhler32,564$11,534
Nickerson11,089$14,068

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Hutchinson, 1,214 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hutchinson High School1,21412.754.0%Hutchinson Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Hutchinson, 1,217 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Prairie Hills Middle53212.932.5%Buhler
Hutchinson Middle School 728412.362.7%Hutchinson Public Schools
Hutchinson Middle School 826411.663.3%Hutchinson Public Schools
Reno Valley Middle School1378.044.5%Nickerson

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

8 elementary schools in Hutchinson, 2,778 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Plum Creek Elementary44815.728.1%Buhler
Union Valley Elementary43515.231.3%Buhler
Morgan Elementary38813.040.7%Hutchinson Public Schools
McCandless Elementary34611.884.1%Hutchinson Public Schools
Wiley Elementary32215.552.5%Hutchinson Public Schools
Graber Elementary31114.363.7%Hutchinson Public Schools
Faris Elementary27912.379.2%Hutchinson Public Schools
Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen24913.360.2%Hutchinson Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Hutchinson, 300 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hutchinson Virtual School300not reportednot reportedHutchinson Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Hutchinson's public schools compare with Kansas's

The median Hutchinson school has 12.9 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Kansas median of 12.7. 57% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 35% across the state. Its median school enrolls 317 students (state 294).

Hutchinson against Kansas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
HutchinsonKansas
Median students per teacher12.912.7
Median school size (students)317294
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)57%35%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%11%
Charter schools0%0.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 14 Hutchinson schools and the 1,328 Kansas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Hutchinson

  1. Hutchinson Public SchoolsRuns 10 of Hutchinson's 14 public schools and spent $15,236 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,236
  2. Hutchinson High School, the largest high school in Hutchinson1,214 students in 2024-25, 12.7 per teacher.1,214
  3. Compare Hutchinson Public Schools with BuhlerHutchinson's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in KansasKansas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Hutchinson addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Kansas

  1. Wichita92 schools
  2. Kansas City58 schools
  3. Olathe53 schools
  4. Shawnee Mission44 schools
  5. Topeka42 schools
  6. Overland Park30 schools
  7. Garden City18 schools
  8. Lawrence18 schools

Questions about schools in Hutchinson

  1. How many public schools are in Hutchinson, KS?
    14 public schools with an address in Hutchinson were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 4 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,509 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Hutchinson?
    Hutchinson High School, with 1,214 students in 2024-25 (Hutchinson Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Hutchinson's schools?
    Hutchinson Public Schools (10 schools), Buhler (3 schools), Nickerson (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .