An equity score of 79/100 ranks Caldwell #12 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,352 per pupil, Caldwell ranks #69 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Caldwell operates 3 public schools serving 261 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined 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 Sumner County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,352 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 19.6% local, 75.1% state, and 5.3% 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 79/100, ranked #12 of 252 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 245:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 26.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.9% White, 8.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Caldwell Secondary School, with a diversity index of 39.0/100.
Its largest campus is Caldwell Elem, enrolling 136 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Caldwell Secondary School-Chisholm Trail Elea, at 3 students, a 45x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Caldwell Elem accounts for 52.1% of all Caldwell student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Caldwell a distant remainder — means Caldwell-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.
Caldwell school enrollment varies 45× across entities
Caldwell school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 136 students (highest), a spread of 133 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Caldwell student-counselor ratio is 245:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Caldwell chronic absenteeism rate is 26.4% — 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 Caldwell is typically wider than the Caldwell-aggregate figure suggests.