NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools KS

Best-Resourced Schools in Mcpherson, KS

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

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6
Schools
2,117
Students
50.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mcpherson has more public-school enrollment than 14% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mcpherson's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Mcpherson's 6 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.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Mcpherson's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 89th 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 22-point gap between Eisenhower Elementary and Mcpherson Middle School 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 86%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
89th percentile
Teacher staffing
83rd percentile

Mcpherson High accounts for 31.1% of all Mcpherson public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mcpherson-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

Mcpherson school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities

Mcpherson school enrollment ranges from 221 students (lowest) to 658 students (highest), a spread of 437 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

Mcpherson operates one school district — a single-district system

Mcpherson'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

Mcpherson student-teacher ratio is 12.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Eisenhower Elementary 65
2. Washington Elem 53
3. Lincoln Elem 52
4. Mcpherson High 47
5. Roosevelt Elem 45
6. Mcpherson Middle School 43

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mcpherson

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 Lincoln Elem 49.3/100
  2. 2 Roosevelt Elem 46.7/100
  3. 3 Washington Elem 42.0/100
  4. 4 Mcpherson High 40.0/100
  5. 5 Mcpherson Middle School 38.7/100

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Which Mcpherson school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eisenhower Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mcpherson schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mcpherson, KS? ▼

Mcpherson has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,117 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.6:1.

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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.