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Topeka, Kansas - 9 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Auburn Washburn #187 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,077 per pupil, Auburn Washburn ranks #257 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,069
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$12,077
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Auburn Washburn operates 9 public schools serving 6,069 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 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 Shawnee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,077 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 23.3% local, 67.0% state, and 9.7% 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 37/100, ranked #187 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 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 419.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.8% White, 11.5% Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wanamaker Elem, with a diversity index of 58.9/100.
Its largest campus is Washburn Rural High, enrolling 1,878 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pauline South Intermediate, at 277 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Washburn Rural High accounts for 30.9% of all Auburn Washburn student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Auburn Washburn-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Auburn Washburn school enrollment varies 6.8× across entities
Auburn Washburn school enrollment ranges from 277 students (lowest) to 1,878 students (highest), a spread of 1,601 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Auburn Washburn student-counselor ratio is 419:1 — 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.
Auburn Washburn chronic absenteeism rate is 21.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Auburn Washburn is typically wider than the Auburn Washburn-aggregate figure suggests.