At $18,771 per pupil, Brewster ranks #42 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
131
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$18,771
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brewster operates 2 public schools serving 131 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Thomas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,771 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.0% local, 65.8% state, and 5.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 29.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.0% White, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Brewster Elem, enrolling 90 students (73% of the district's total enrollment).
Brewster Elem accounts for 68.7% of all Brewster student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brewster a distant remainder — means Brewster-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Brewster chronic absenteeism rate is 29.5% — 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 Brewster is typically wider than the Brewster-aggregate figure suggests.