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Otis, Kansas - 3 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Otis-Bison #55 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,017 per pupil, Otis-Bison ranks #87 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
240
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,017
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Otis-Bison operates 3 public schools serving 240 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined 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 Rush County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,017 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 24.2% local, 69.6% state, and 6.2% 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 68/100, ranked #55 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 108.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.9% White, 8.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School, with a diversity index of 32.0/100.
Its largest campus is Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School, enrolling 81 students (47% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Southwinds Academy, at 18 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School accounts for 33.8% of all Otis-Bison student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Otis-Bison-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.
Otis-Bison school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
Otis-Bison school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 81 students (highest), a spread of 63 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.
Otis-Bison student-counselor ratio is 109:1 — 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.
Otis-Bison chronic absenteeism rate is 24.4% — 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 Otis-Bison is typically wider than the Otis-Bison-aggregate figure suggests.