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Onaga, Kansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton #66 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,856 per pupil, Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton ranks #134 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
338
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,856
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton operates 2 public schools serving 338 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Pottawatomie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,856 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.2% local, 67.5% state, and 11.3% 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 64/100, ranked #66 of 250 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.
a 84:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.6% White, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Onaga Elem, enrolling 164 students (66% of the district's total enrollment).
Onaga Elem accounts for 48.5% of all Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton a distant remainder — means Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton-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.
Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton student-counselor ratio is 84:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton chronic absenteeism rate is 37.8% — 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.