At $25,381 per pupil, Rolla ranks #2 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$25,381
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rolla operates 2 public schools serving 97 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Morton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,381 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 29 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.3% local, 65.3% state, and 5.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 315:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 26.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.8% White, 34.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rolla Elem (Prek-5), enrolling 58 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Rolla Elem (Prek-5) accounts for 53.7% of all Rolla student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rolla a distant remainder — means Rolla-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.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Rolla student-counselor ratio is 315:1 — 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 Rolla is typically wider than the Rolla-aggregate figure suggests.
Rolla chronic absenteeism rate is 26.5% — 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 Rolla is typically wider than the Rolla-aggregate figure suggests.