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Kingman, Kansas - 7 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Kingman - Norwich #163 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,917 per pupil, Kingman - Norwich ranks #181 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$13,917
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kingman - Norwich operates 7 public schools serving 954 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 high, 2 middle 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 Kingman County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,917 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 16.3% local, 76.6% state, and 7.1% 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 43/100, ranked #163 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 209.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.8% White, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kingman Elementary School, with a diversity index of 26.8/100.
Its largest campus is Kingman Elementary School, enrolling 330 students (38% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Usd 331 Virtual School, at 14 students, a 24x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kingman Elementary School accounts for 34.6% of all Kingman - Norwich student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kingman - Norwich-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Kingman - Norwich school enrollment varies 24× across entities
Kingman - Norwich school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 330 students (highest), a spread of 316 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Kingman - Norwich student-counselor ratio is 209:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Kingman - Norwich chronic absenteeism rate is 24.5% — 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 Kingman - Norwich is typically wider than the Kingman - Norwich-aggregate figure suggests.