School for Blind operates 2 public schools serving 13 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 38 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Wyandotte County County.
The funding mix is 6.1% local, 86.3% state, and 7.6% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration.
and 11.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.3% White, 17.4% Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% African American across the district's schools.
School for Blind High accounts for 71.1% of all School for Blind student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means School for Blind-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
School for Blind chronic absenteeism rate is 11.1% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
School for Blind has 2 schools, including 2 other. Total enrollment is 13 students.
What is the demographic composition of School for Blind?
School for Blind students are 64.3% White, 17.4% Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% African American, 4.5% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.