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Shawnee Mission, Kansas - 45 schools
An equity score of 15/100 ranks Shawnee Mission Pub Sch #239 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,112 per pupil, Shawnee Mission Pub Sch ranks #255 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
26,618
Total Enrollment
45
Schools
$12,112
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch operates 45 public schools serving 26,618 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 34 combined, 6 high, 5 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,112 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 37.7% local, 54.4% state, and 7.9% 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 15/100, ranked #239 of 250 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 5 of 45 schools offering Advanced Placement (105 AP courses district-wide), a 433.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.1% White, 22.3% Hispanic or Latino, 8.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Broken Arrow Elem, with a diversity index of 70.9/100.
Its largest campus is Shawnee Mission East High, enrolling 1,737 students (7% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Project Finish, at 28 students, a 62x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch school enrollment varies 62× across entities
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch school enrollment ranges from 28 students (lowest) to 1,737 students (highest), a spread of 1,709 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch student-counselor ratio is 434:1 — 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 Mission Pub Sch chronic absenteeism rate is 17.2% — 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 Mission Pub Sch is typically wider than the Shawnee Mission Pub Sch-aggregate figure suggests.