An equity score of 33/100 ranks Little River #207 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,670 per pupil, Little River ranks #93 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
285
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,670
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Little River operates 3 public schools serving 285 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 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 Rice County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,670 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 47.6% local, 47.8% state, and 4.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 33/100, ranked #207 of 252 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 383.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.2% White, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Little River High, with a diversity index of 29.6/100.
Its largest campus is Windom Elem, enrolling 169 students (58% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Little River Junior High, at 33 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Windom Elem accounts for 58.1% of all Little River student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Little River a distant remainder — means Little River-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Little River school enrollment varies 5.1× across entities
Little River school enrollment ranges from 33 students (lowest) to 169 students (highest), a spread of 136 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Little River student-counselor ratio is 383:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Little River chronic absenteeism rate is 14.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Little River has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 285 students.
How much does Little River spend per student?
Little River spends $16,670 per student. The district has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #207 in Kansas.
What is the demographic composition of Little River?
Little River students are 90.2% White, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Little River?
Little River has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #207 out of 252 districts in Kansas.