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Kansas City, Kansas - 43 schools
An equity score of 77/100 ranks Kansas City #18 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,610 per pupil, Kansas City ranks #73 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Kansas City operates 43 public schools serving 22,015 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 24 elementary, 7 middle, 6 high, 6 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Wyandotte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,610 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 13.6% local, 70.8% state, and 15.6% 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 77/100, ranked #18 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 43 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 346.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.2% Hispanic or Latino, 22.8% African American, 9.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lowell Brune Elementary School, with a diversity index of 77.3/100.
Its largest campus is Wyandotte High, enrolling 1,903 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bridges/Wyandot Academy, at 15 students, a 127x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kansas City school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 1,903 students (highest), a spread of 1,888 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system
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 Kansas City is typically wider than the Kansas City-aggregate figure suggests.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22
This district scores well on funding equity, with balanced funding sources and good resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 43 schools in Kansas City.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Kansas City's schools, above the Kansas average of 39.4.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Wyandotte High | 1,903 |
| Silver City Elem | 1,495 |
| J C Harmon High | 1,285 |
| Washington High | 1,180 |
| Sumner Academy of Arts & Science | 1,045 |
| F L Schlagle High | 841 |
| Carl B. Bruce Middle School | 821 |
| Gloria Willis Middle School | 737 |
| Central Middle | 687 |
| D D Eisenhower Middle | 634 |
| M E Pearson Elem | 606 |
| Chelsea Elem | 557 |
| Hazel Grove Elem | 537 |
| West Park Elementary School | 534 |
| Argentine Middle | 519 |
| Welborn Elem | 504 |
| Whittier Elem | 502 |
| Rosedale Middle | 501 |
| Frances Willard Elem | 434 |
| Lowell Brune Elementary School | 432 |
| John F Kennedy Elem | 419 |
| Arrowhead Middle | 412 |
| Bertram Caruthers Elem | 364 |
| Frank Rushton Elem | 359 |
| Quindaro Elem | 325 |
| Claude a Huyck Elem | 304 |
| Stony Point North | 300 |
| Grant Elem | 289 |
| John Fiske Elem | 287 |
| Douglass Elem | 285 |
| Banneker Elem | 268 |
| New Stanley Elem | 251 |
| Stony Point South | 247 |
| Thomas a Edison Elem | 244 |
| Mckinley Elementary School | 243 |
| Eugene Ware Elem | 242 |
| Mark Twain Elem | 222 |
| Lindbergh Elem | 216 |
| Noble Prentis Elem | 193 |
| Emerson Elem | 171 |
| 500 Reach | 76 |
| Alfred Fairfax Academy | 52 |
| Bridges/Wyandot Academy | 15 |
The Kansas districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Shawnee Mission Pub Sch | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Olathe | Larger | Similar spending | More locally funded |
| Topeka Public Schools | Smaller | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Lawrence | Smaller | Lower spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Kansas City's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Wichita →Kansas City has 43 schools, including 6 high, 6 combined, 7 middle, 24 elementary. Total enrollment is 22,015 students.
Kansas City spends $16,610 per student. The district has an equity score of 77/100, ranking #18 in Kansas.
Kansas City students are 56.2% Hispanic or Latino, 22.8% African American, 9.9% White, 6.4% Asian, averaged across 43 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Kansas City has an equity score of 77/100, ranking #18 out of 250 districts in Kansas.
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