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Wamego, Kansas - 5 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Wamego #171 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,510 per pupil, Wamego ranks #150 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,641
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,510
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wamego operates 5 public schools serving 1,641 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 middle, 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Pottawatomie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,510 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 34.4% local, 55.3% state, and 10.3% 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 41/100, ranked #171 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 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 304.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 28.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.2% White, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wamego High School Virtual School, with a diversity index of 56.2/100.
Its largest campus is Wamego High, enrolling 504 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wamego High School Virtual School, at 18 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wamego High accounts for 30.7% of all Wamego student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wamego-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Wamego school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Wamego school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 504 students (highest), a spread of 486 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wamego student-counselor ratio is 305:1 — 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 Wamego is typically wider than the Wamego-aggregate figure suggests.
Wamego chronic absenteeism rate is 28.6% — 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 Wamego is typically wider than the Wamego-aggregate figure suggests.