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Goddard, Kansas - 12 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Goddard #224 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,551 per pupil, Goddard ranks #198 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,310
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$13,551
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Goddard operates 12 public schools serving 6,310 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 3 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Sedgwick County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,551 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.4% local, 62.4% state, and 8.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 23/100, ranked #224 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 420.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.8% White, 14.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Clark Davidson Elem, with a diversity index of 52.5/100.
Its largest campus is Eisenhower High School, enrolling 991 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Usd 265 - Goddard Virtual School, at 29 students, a 34x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Eisenhower High School accounts for 15.6% of all Goddard student enrollment
That concentration means Goddard-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Goddard school enrollment varies 34× across entities
Goddard school enrollment ranges from 29 students (lowest) to 991 students (highest), a spread of 962 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.
Goddard student-counselor ratio is 420:1 — 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.
Goddard chronic absenteeism rate is 18.6% — 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 Goddard is typically wider than the Goddard-aggregate figure suggests.