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Kansas City, Kansas - 43 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks Kansas City #14 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,611 per pupil, Kansas City ranks #62 of 286 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 $17,611 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 286 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 78/100, ranked #14 of 252 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
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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.
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.
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 | Lower 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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Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by per-pupil expenditure, not the same-state lists above.
See how this district compares to others in enrollment, spending, demographics, and academic resources.
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 $17,611 per student. The district has an equity score of 78/100, ranking #14 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 78/100, ranking #14 out of 252 districts in Kansas.
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