An equity score of 33/100 ranks Shawnee Heights #202 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,340 per pupil, Shawnee Heights ranks #258 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,752
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,340
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Shawnee Heights operates 6 public schools serving 3,752 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 high, 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 Shawnee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,340 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 29 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.5% local, 72.2% state, and 9.3% 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 33/100, ranked #202 of 252 in Kansas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 410.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.6% White, 18.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Shawnee Heights Elem, with a diversity index of 56.6/100.
Its largest campus is Shawnee Heights High, enrolling 1,218 students (33% of the district's total enrollment).
Shawnee Heights High accounts for 32.5% of all Shawnee Heights student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Shawnee Heights-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Shawnee Heights school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities
Shawnee Heights school enrollment ranges from 429 students (lowest) to 1,218 students (highest), a spread of 789 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.
Shawnee Heights student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Shawnee Heights chronic absenteeism rate is 22.6% — 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 Shawnee Heights is typically wider than the Shawnee Heights-aggregate figure suggests.