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Wellington, Kansas - 7 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Wellington #57 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,583 per pupil, Wellington ranks #196 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,497
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,583
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 $13,583 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 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 67/100, ranked #57 of 250 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 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.
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.
Wellington has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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.