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Silver Lake, Kansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Silver Lake #156 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,652 per pupil, Silver Lake ranks #236 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Silver Lake operates 2 public schools serving 692 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 Shawnee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,652 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 19.8% local, 73.2% state, and 7.0% 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 44/100, ranked #156 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 355:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 7.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Silver Lake Jr-Sr High, enrolling 355 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Silver Lake Jr-Sr High accounts for 50.0% of all Silver Lake student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Silver Lake a distant remainder — means Silver Lake-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.
Silver Lake student-counselor ratio is 355:1 — 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.
Silver Lake chronic absenteeism rate is 7.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Silver Lake has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 692 students.
How much does Silver Lake spend per student?
Silver Lake spends $12,652 per student. The district has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #156 in Kansas.
What is the demographic composition of Silver Lake?
Silver Lake students are 92.3% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Silver Lake?
Silver Lake has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #156 out of 250 districts in Kansas.