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Mulvane, Kansas - 4 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Mulvane #179 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,453 per pupil, Mulvane ranks #244 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,844
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,453
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mulvane operates 4 public schools serving 1,844 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Sedgwick County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,453 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 22.4% local, 68.4% state, and 9.3% 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 39/100, ranked #179 of 250 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 362:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.3% White, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mulvane Grade School, with a diversity index of 30.6/100.
Its largest campus is Mulvane High, enrolling 540 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Mulvane High accounts for 29.3% of all Mulvane student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mulvane-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Mulvane student-counselor ratio is 362:1 — 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.
Mulvane chronic absenteeism rate is 33.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.