An equity score of 61/100 ranks Wellington #79 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,414 per pupil, Wellington ranks #228 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,497
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,414
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wellington operates 7 public schools serving 1,497 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 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 Sumner County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,414 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 14.4% local, 76.2% 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 61/100, ranked #79 of 252 in Kansas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 326.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.3% White, 13.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kennedy Elem, with a diversity index of 48.5/100.
Its largest campus is Wellington High School, enrolling 463 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wellington Virtual School, at 1 students, a 463x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wellington High School accounts for 30.9% of all Wellington student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wellington-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.
Wellington school enrollment varies 463× across entities
Wellington school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 463 students (highest), a spread of 462 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.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Wellington student-counselor ratio is 327:1 — 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 Wellington is typically wider than the Wellington-aggregate figure suggests.
Wellington chronic absenteeism rate is 33.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.