Kansas City

Public school district · Wyandotte County · Kansas · NCES district ID 2007950

Kansas City spent $17,611 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 94% of the other Kansas districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $13,446). Its 43 schools enrolled 21,538 students in 2024-25; 62.4% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,150 per student, up 14.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 73% (Kansas: 88%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Kansas's largest districts

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Kansas City ranks 1.

Current spending per student, largest Kansas districts, FY23Kansas City $17,611; Topeka Public Schools $17,228; Wichita Public Schools $15,549; Maize Unified School District 266 $14,445; Olathe Public Schools $14,314; Blue Valley Unified School District 229 $12,498; De Soto $12,253; Shawnee Mission Pub Sch $12,247; Lawrence Public Schools $12,176; Andover Public Schools $7,745; State median, 1,000+ students $13,446.5k10k15k20kKansas City$17,611Topeka Public Schools$17,228Wichita Public Schools$15,549Maize Unified School District …$14,445Olathe Public Schools$14,314Blue Valley Unified School Dis…$12,498De Soto$12,253Shawnee Mission Pub Sch$12,247Lawrence Public Schools$12,176Andover Public Schools$7,745State median, 1,000+ students $13,446
Current spending per student, largest Kansas districts, FY23Kansas City $17,611; Topeka Public Schools $17,228; Wichita Public Schools $15,549; Maize Unified School District 266 $14,445; Olathe Public Schools $14,314; Blue Valley Unified School District 229 $12,498; De Soto $12,253; Shawnee Mission Pub Sch $12,247; Lawrence Public Schools $12,176; Andover Public Schools $7,745; State median, 1,000+ students $13,446.5k10k15k20kKansas City$17,611Topeka Public Schools$17,228Wichita Public Schools$15,549Maize Unified School District 266$14,445Olathe Public Schools$14,314Blue Valley Unified School District…$12,498De Soto$12,253Shawnee Mission Pub Sch$12,247Lawrence Public Schools$12,176Andover Public Schools$7,745State median, 1,000+ students $13,446
Current spending per student, largest Kansas districts, FY23Kansas City $17,611; Topeka Public Schools $17,228; Wichita Public Schools $15,549; Maize Unified School District 266 $14,445; Olathe Public Schools $14,314; Blue Valley Unified School District 229 $12,498; De Soto $12,253; Shawnee Mission Pub Sch $12,247; Lawrence Public Schools $12,176; Andover Public Schools $7,745; State median, 1,000+ students $13,446.5k10k15k20kKansas City$17,611Topeka Public Schools$17,228Wichita Public Schools$15,549Maize Unified School District 266$14,445Olathe Public Schools$14,314Blue Valley Unified School District 229$12,498De Soto$12,253Shawnee Mission Pub Sch$12,247Lawrence Public Schools$12,176Andover Public Schools$7,745State median, 1,000+ students $13,446
Current spending per student, largest Kansas districts, FY23Kansas City $17,611; Topeka Public Schools $17,228; Wichita Public Schools $15,549; Maize Unified School District 266 $14,445; Olathe Public Schools $14,314; Blue Valley Unified School District 229 $12,498; De Soto $12,253; Shawnee Mission Pub Sch $12,247; Lawrence Public Schools $12,176; Andover Public Schools $7,745; State median, 1,000+ students $13,446.5k10k15k20kKansas City$17,611Topeka Public Schools$17,228Wichita Public Schools$15,549Maize Unified School District 266$14,445Olathe Public Schools$14,314Blue Valley Unified School District 229$12,498De Soto$12,253Shawnee Mission Pub Sch$12,247Lawrence Public Schools$12,176Andover Public Schools$7,745State median, 1,000+ students $13,446

Where the money came from

$411,719,000 in revenue: 62.4% state, 14.1% local and 23.5% federal. Total spending including $13,927,000 of capital outlay was $409,806,000, or $18,615 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Kansas City revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $256,738,000; Local $58,151,000; Federal $96,830,000; total $411,719,000.
  • State$256,738,000 62%
  • Local$58,151,000 14%
  • Federal$96,830,000 24%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 83 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

22,013 students in 2022-23, 21,132 students in 2023-24, 21,462 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Kansas City enrollment by school year2022-23: 22,013, 2023-24: 21,132, 2024-25: 21,462010k20k30k2022-2322,0132023-2421,1322024-2521,462
Kansas City enrollment by school year2022-23: 22,013, 2023-24: 21,132, 2024-25: 21,462010k20k30k2022-2322,0132023-2421,1322024-2521,462
Kansas City enrollment by school year2022-23: 22,013, 2023-24: 21,132, 2024-25: 21,462010k20k30k2022-2322,0132023-2421,1322024-2521,462
Kansas City enrollment by school year2022-23: 22,013, 2023-24: 21,132, 2024-25: 21,462010k20k30k2022-2322,0132023-2421,1322024-2521,462

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2322,0131452.215.2
2023-2421,1321368.815.4
2024-2521,4621347.915.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$99,205,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,506 per student

Kansas City booked $99,205,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 1,579 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $62,832 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 76 in 100 Kansas districts with a figure (state median $57,761, 260 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Kansas teacher salary at $54,815 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$79,867,00080.5%
Special education$13,511,00013.6%
Vocational$2,159,0002.2%
Other programs$3,668,0003.7%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,910 in 2018-19, $3,692 in 2019-20, $4,101 in 2020-21, $4,632 in 2021-22, $4,506 in 2022-23.

Kansas City teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,910, 2019-20: $3,692, 2020-21: $4,101, 2021-22: $4,632, 2022-23: $4,50602k4k6k2018-19$3,9102019-20$3,6922020-21$4,1012021-22$4,6322022-23$4,506
Kansas City teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,910, 2019-20: $3,692, 2020-21: $4,101, 2021-22: $4,632, 2022-23: $4,50602k4k6k2018-19$3,9102019-20$3,6922020-21$4,1012021-22$4,6322022-23$4,506
Kansas City teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,910, 2019-20: $3,692, 2020-21: $4,101, 2021-22: $4,632, 2022-23: $4,50602k4k6k2018-19$3,9102019-20$3,6922020-21$4,1012021-22$4,6322022-23$4,506
Kansas City teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,910, 2019-20: $3,692, 2020-21: $4,101, 2021-22: $4,632, 2022-23: $4,50602k4k6k2018-19$3,9102019-20$3,6922020-21$4,1012021-22$4,6322022-23$4,506

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Kansas City scored proficient or above: 14% in reading and 10% in math, against 32.5% in reading and 29.4% in math across Kansas. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Kansas, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtKansasStudents tested
Reading and language arts14%32.5%10,599
Math10%29.4%10,586

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

73% of the 1,600 students in Kansas City's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88% across Kansas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtKansas
Four-year graduation rate73%88%
Students in the class1,60036,783

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

28 elementary schools, 10,830 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Silver City Elementary1,49544.076.9%Schoolwide program
M E Pearson Elementary60614.287.8%Schoolwide program
Chelsea Elementary55716.681.0%Schoolwide program
Hazel Grove Elementary53715.978.8%Schoolwide program
West Park Elementary School53415.474.0%Schoolwide program
Welborn Elementary50414.675.6%Schoolwide program
Whittier Elementary50213.789.6%Schoolwide program
Frances Willard Elementary43412.977.6%Schoolwide program
Lowell Brune Elementary School43214.263.0%Schoolwide program
John F Kennedy Elementary41916.564.9%Schoolwide program
Bertram Caruthers Elementary36415.686.8%Schoolwide program
Frank Rushton Elementary35915.073.0%Schoolwide program
The other 16 elementary schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Quindaro Elementary32514.085.8%Schoolwide program
Claude A Huyck Elementary30415.768.8%Schoolwide program
Stony Point North30010.871.7%Schoolwide program
Grant Elementary28913.593.4%Schoolwide program
John Fiske Elementary28714.188.5%Schoolwide program
Douglass Elementary28511.374.4%Schoolwide program
Banneker Elementary26813.282.8%Schoolwide program
New Stanley Elementary25112.380.9%Schoolwide program
Stony Point South24714.864.8%Schoolwide program
Thomas A Edison Elementary24411.078.3%Schoolwide program
McKinley Elementary School24311.483.5%Schoolwide program
Eugene Ware Elementary24212.482.2%Schoolwide program
Mark Twain Elementary22212.380.6%Schoolwide program
Lindbergh Elementary21612.183.3%Schoolwide program
Noble Prentis Elementary19311.783.9%Schoolwide program
Emerson Elementary17110.486.5%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

7 middle schools, 4,311 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Carl B. Bruce Middle School82115.382.9%Schoolwide program
Gloria Willis Middle School73718.878.8%Schoolwide program
Central Middle68716.678.9%Schoolwide program
D D Eisenhower Middle63417.263.1%Schoolwide program
Argentine Middle51913.671.5%Schoolwide program
Rosedale Middle50114.180.8%Schoolwide program
Arrowhead Middle41214.064.3%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

7 high schools, 6,382 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wyandotte High1,90319.177.9%Eligible, no program
J C Harmon High1,28518.069.4%Eligible, no program
Washington High1,18018.058.6%Eligible, no program
Sumner Academy of Arts & Science1,04517.051.7%Eligible, no program
F L Schlagle High84116.067.7%Eligible, no program
500 Reach76not reported6.1%Not Title I
Alfred Fairfax Academy527.576.9%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 other school, 15 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Bridges/Wyandot Academy154.553.3%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Kansas City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Kansas City

  1. Kansas districts by spending per studentKansas City ranks 6 of 83 Kansas districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,611).#6 of 83
  2. Every school district in KansasKansas City is the number 5 by size of 290 Kansas districts, with 22,015 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#5 of 290
  3. Blue Valley Unified School District 229The next larger Kansas district: 22,384 students in fall 2022, $12,498 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,498
  4. Topeka Public SchoolsThe next smaller Kansas district: 12,858 students in fall 2022, $17,228 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,228
  5. Compare Kansas City with Blue Valley Unified School District 229Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Wyandotte High, its largest high school1,903 students in 2024-25, 19.1 per teacher.1,903
  7. Teacher salary spending across KansasKansas City spent $62,832 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $57,761); spending, not a salary.$62,832
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Kansas City

  1. How many schools and students are in Kansas City?
    43 schools were open in 2024-25 (28 elementary, 7 middle, 7 high, 1 other), enrolling 21,538 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Kansas City spend per student?
    $17,611 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Kansas median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $13,446 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,150 per student, up 14.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Kansas City's money come from?
    $411,719,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 62.4% state, 14.1% local and 23.5% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Kansas City live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 5,165 of the 23,857 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 21.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Kansas City spend on teacher salaries?
    $99,205,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,506 per student. Divided by the 1,579 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $62,832 per teacher, more than 76 in 100 Kansas districts (state median $57,761). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Kansas teacher salary at $54,815 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Kansas City do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Kansas City scored proficient or above: 14% in reading and 10% in math, against 32.5% in reading and 29.4% in math across Kansas. Kansas's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Kansas City?
    73% of the 1,600 students in Kansas City's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88% across Kansas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Kansas City's NCES district ID?
    2007950. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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