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Ottawa, Kansas - 6 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Ottawa #129 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,994 per pupil, Ottawa ranks #226 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,350
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,994
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ottawa operates 6 public schools serving 2,350 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,994 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 20.6% local, 70.6% state, and 8.8% 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 50/100, ranked #129 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 290.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 30.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.4% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ottawa Sr High, with a diversity index of 29.5/100.
Its largest campus is Ottawa Sr High, enrolling 681 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ottawa Virtual School, at 14 students, a 49x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ottawa Sr High accounts for 29.0% of all Ottawa student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ottawa-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.
Ottawa school enrollment varies 49× across entities
Ottawa school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 681 students (highest), a spread of 667 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ottawa student-counselor ratio is 291:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Ottawa is typically wider than the Ottawa-aggregate figure suggests.
Ottawa chronic absenteeism rate is 30.1% — 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.