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Claflin, Kansas - 5 schools
1,719
Total Enrollment
5
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Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Central Plains operates 5 public schools serving 1,719 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Barton County.
The funding mix is 25.6% local, 68.4% state, and 6.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 148.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.4% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Central Plains Adult Diploma Program, with a diversity index of 61.2/100.
Central Plains Adult Diploma Program accounts for 44.8% of all Central Plains student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Central Plains-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.
Central Plains school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Central Plains school enrollment ranges from 73 students (lowest) to 770 students (highest), a spread of 697 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.
Central Plains student-counselor ratio is 149:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Central Plains chronic absenteeism rate is 19.6% — 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 Central Plains is typically wider than the Central Plains-aggregate figure suggests.
Central Plains has 5 schools, including 5 combined. Total enrollment is 1,719 students.
What is the demographic composition of Central Plains?
Central Plains students are 80.4% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.