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Hoisington, Kansas - 4 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Hoisington #173 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,881 per pupil, Hoisington ranks #229 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
790
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,881
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hoisington operates 4 public schools serving 790 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,881 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 21.3% local, 72.0% state, and 6.7% 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 41/100, ranked #173 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.
a 158:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.3% White, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hoisington Middle, with a diversity index of 30.1/100.
Its largest campus is Hoisington High, enrolling 225 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Hoisington High accounts for 28.5% of all Hoisington student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hoisington-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.
Hoisington student-counselor ratio is 158:1 — 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.
Hoisington chronic absenteeism rate is 24.1% — 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 Hoisington is typically wider than the Hoisington-aggregate figure suggests.