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Atchison, Kansas - 4 schools
An equity score of 72/100 ranks Atchison Public Schools #30 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,673 per pupil, Atchison Public Schools ranks #190 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,502
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,673
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Atchison Public Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,502 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Atchison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,673 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.7% local, 74.2% state, and 10.2% 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 72/100, ranked #30 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 373.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.2% White, 8.6% African American, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Atchison Middle School, with a diversity index of 54.0/100.
Its largest campus is Atchison Elementary School, enrolling 693 students (48% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Central School, at 51 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Atchison Elementary School accounts for 46.1% of all Atchison Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Atchison Public Schools a distant remainder — means Atchison Public Schools-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.
Atchison Public Schools school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Atchison Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 51 students (lowest) to 693 students (highest), a spread of 642 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.
Atchison Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Atchison Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 373:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Atchison Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 48.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Atchison Public Schools has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,502 students.
How much does Atchison Public Schools spend per student?
Atchison Public Schools spends $13,673 per student. The district has an equity score of 72/100, ranking #30 in Kansas.
What is the demographic composition of Atchison Public Schools?
Atchison Public Schools students are 71.2% White, 8.6% African American, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Atchison Public Schools?
Atchison Public Schools has an equity score of 72/100, ranking #30 out of 250 districts in Kansas.