At $24,732 per pupil, Grinnell Public Schools ranks #3 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Grinnell Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 71 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Gove County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,732 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 29 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 36.1% local, 55.5% state, and 8.4% 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 307.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 23.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.6% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Grinnell Grade School, enrolling 43 students (66% of the district's total enrollment).
Grinnell Grade School accounts for 60.6% of all Grinnell Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Grinnell Public Schools a distant remainder — means Grinnell Public Schools-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.
Grinnell Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 307:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Grinnell Public Schools is typically wider than the Grinnell Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Grinnell Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 23.0% — 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 Grinnell Public Schools is typically wider than the Grinnell Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.