An equity score of 49/100 ranks Garnett #139 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,707 per pupil, Garnett ranks #219 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
961
Total Enrollment
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$13,707
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Garnett operates 4 public schools serving 961 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 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 Anderson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,707 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 24.8% local, 68.6% state, and 6.6% 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 49/100, ranked #139 of 252 in Kansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 370.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Garnett Elementary School, with a diversity index of 19.4/100.
Its largest campus is Anderson County Jr/Sr High School, enrolling 419 students (45% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Greeley Elem, at 52 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Anderson County Jr/Sr High School accounts for 43.6% of all Garnett student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Garnett-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Garnett school enrollment varies 8.1× across entities
Garnett school enrollment ranges from 52 students (lowest) to 419 students (highest), a spread of 367 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.
Garnett student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — 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.
Garnett chronic absenteeism rate is 26.3% — 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 Garnett is typically wider than the Garnett-aggregate figure suggests.