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Andover, Kansas - 11 schools
An equity score of 9/100 ranks Andover #248 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $7,432 per pupil, Andover ranks #284 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,987
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$7,432
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Andover operates 11 public schools serving 8,987 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 3 combined, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Butler County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $7,432 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 29 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 30.5% local, 65.2% state, and 4.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 9/100, ranked #248 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 570.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.0% White, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Andover Ecademy, with a diversity index of 51.0/100.
Its largest campus is Andover Ecademy, enrolling 3,617 students (38% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sunflower Elementary School, at 367 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Andover Ecademy accounts for 38.2% of all Andover student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Andover-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
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 spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Andover student-counselor ratio is 571:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Andover chronic absenteeism rate is 14.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.