Fowler

Public school district · Meade County · Kansas · NCES district ID 2006210

Fowler spent $23,586 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 97% of the other Kansas districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,054). Its 2 schools enrolled 87 students in 2024-25; 60.7% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $22,716 per student, down 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Kansas districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Fowler in enrollment (38 to 106 students) and Fowler itself.

Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Fowler, FY23Healy Public Schools $30,500; Rolla $25,381; Grinnell Public Schools $24,732; Triplains $23,913; Fowler $23,586; Copeland $21,220; Haviland $20,290; Palco $19,598; Weskan $18,887; Hamilton $16,262; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k15k20k25k30k35kHealy Public Schools$30,500Rolla$25,381Grinnell Public Schools$24,732Triplains$23,913Fowler$23,586Copeland$21,220Haviland$20,290Palco$19,598Weskan$18,887Hamilton$16,262State median, under 1,000 students $16,054
Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Fowler, FY23Healy Public Schools $30,500; Rolla $25,381; Grinnell Public Schools $24,732; Triplains $23,913; Fowler $23,586; Copeland $21,220; Haviland $20,290; Palco $19,598; Weskan $18,887; Hamilton $16,262; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k15k20k25k30k35kHealy Public Schools$30,500Rolla$25,381Grinnell Public Schools$24,732Triplains$23,913Fowler$23,586Copeland$21,220Haviland$20,290Palco$19,598Weskan$18,887Hamilton$16,262State median, under 1,000 students $16,054
Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Fowler, FY23Healy Public Schools $30,500; Rolla $25,381; Grinnell Public Schools $24,732; Triplains $23,913; Fowler $23,586; Copeland $21,220; Haviland $20,290; Palco $19,598; Weskan $18,887; Hamilton $16,262; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k20k30k35kHealy Public Schools$30,500Rolla$25,381Grinnell Public Schools$24,732Triplains$23,913Fowler$23,586Copeland$21,220Haviland$20,290Palco$19,598Weskan$18,887Hamilton$16,262State median, under 1,000 students $16,054
Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Fowler, FY23Healy Public Schools $30,500; Rolla $25,381; Grinnell Public Schools $24,732; Triplains $23,913; Fowler $23,586; Copeland $21,220; Haviland $20,290; Palco $19,598; Weskan $18,887; Hamilton $16,262; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k20k30k35kHealy Public Schools$30,500Rolla$25,381Grinnell Public Schools$24,732Triplains$23,913Fowler$23,586Copeland$21,220Haviland$20,290Palco$19,598Weskan$18,887Hamilton$16,262State median, under 1,000 students $16,054

Where the money came from

$2,478,000 in revenue: 60.7% state, 31.3% local and 7.9% federal. Total spending including $77,000 of capital outlay was $1,964,000, or $28,057 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Fowler revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $1,505,000; Local $776,000; Federal $197,000; total $2,478,000.
  • State$1,505,000 61%
  • Local$776,000 31%
  • Federal$197,000 8%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 203 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

70 students in 2022-23, 74 students in 2023-24, 87 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Fowler enrollment by school year2022-23: 70, 2023-24: 74, 2024-25: 8702550751002022-23702023-24742024-2587
Fowler enrollment by school year2022-23: 70, 2023-24: 74, 2024-25: 8702550751002022-23702023-24742024-2587
Fowler enrollment by school year2022-23: 70, 2023-24: 74, 2024-25: 8702550751002022-23702023-24742024-2587
Fowler enrollment by school year2022-23: 70, 2023-24: 74, 2024-25: 8702550751002022-23702023-24742024-2587

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-23705.014.0
2023-24744.317.2
2024-25876.014.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$293,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,186 per student

Fowler booked $293,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 6 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $48,833 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 12 in 100 Kansas districts with a figure (state median $57,761, 260 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Kansas teacher salary at $54,815 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,893 in 2018-19, $5,281 in 2019-20, $5,448 in 2020-21, $5,083 in 2021-22, $4,186 in 2022-23.

Fowler teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,893, 2019-20: $5,281, 2020-21: $5,448, 2021-22: $5,083, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$4,8932019-20$5,2812020-21$5,4482021-22$5,0832022-23$4,186
Fowler teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,893, 2019-20: $5,281, 2020-21: $5,448, 2021-22: $5,083, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$4,8932019-20$5,2812020-21$5,4482021-22$5,0832022-23$4,186
Fowler teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,893, 2019-20: $5,281, 2020-21: $5,448, 2021-22: $5,083, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$4,8932019-20$5,2812020-21$5,4482021-22$5,0832022-23$4,186
Fowler teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,893, 2019-20: $5,281, 2020-21: $5,448, 2021-22: $5,083, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$4,8932019-20$5,2812020-21$5,4482021-22$5,0832022-23$4,186

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Fowler scored proficient or above: 30-39% in reading and 30-39% in math, against 32.5% in reading and 29.4% in math across Kansas. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Kansas, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtKansasStudents tested
Reading and language arts30-39%32.5%56
Math30-39%29.4%56

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 55 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Fowler Elementary559.247.3%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 32 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Fowler High32not reported43.8%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Fowler

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Fowler

  1. Kansas districts by spending per studentFowler ranks 8 of 203 Kansas districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($23,586).#8 of 203
  2. Every school district in KansasFowler is the number 286 by size of 290 Kansas districts, with 70 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#286 of 290
  3. Grinnell Public SchoolsThe next larger Kansas district: 71 students in fall 2022, $24,732 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,732
  4. TriplainsThe next smaller Kansas district: 69 students in fall 2022, $23,913 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,913
  5. Compare Fowler with Grinnell Public SchoolsEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Fowler High, its largest high school32 students in 2024-25.32
  7. Teacher salary spending across KansasFowler spent $48,833 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $57,761); spending, not a salary.$48,833
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Fowler

  1. How many schools and students are in Fowler?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 high), enrolling 87 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Fowler spend per student?
    $23,586 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Kansas median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,054 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $22,716 per student, down 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Fowler's money come from?
    $2,478,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 60.7% state, 31.3% local and 7.9% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Fowler live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 21 of the 144 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 14.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Fowler spend on teacher salaries?
    $293,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,186 per student. Divided by the 6 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $48,833 per teacher, more than 12 in 100 Kansas districts (state median $57,761). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Kansas teacher salary at $54,815 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Fowler do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Fowler scored proficient or above: 30-39% in reading and 30-39% in math, against 32.5% in reading and 29.4% in math across Kansas. Kansas's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is Fowler's NCES district ID?
    2006210. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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