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Wellsville, Kansas - 3 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Wellsville #228 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,894 per pupil, Wellsville ranks #228 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
843
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,894
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wellsville operates 3 public schools serving 843 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,894 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 28.0% local, 65.7% state, and 6.3% 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 23/100, ranked #228 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.
a 239:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wellsville Elem, with a diversity index of 22.6/100.
Its largest campus is Wellsville Elem, enrolling 411 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Wellsville Elem accounts for 48.0% of all Wellsville student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Wellsville a distant remainder — means Wellsville-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.
Wellsville school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Wellsville school enrollment ranges from 167 students (lowest) to 411 students (highest), a spread of 244 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wellsville student-counselor ratio is 239:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Wellsville chronic absenteeism rate is 19.3% — 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 Wellsville is typically wider than the Wellsville-aggregate figure suggests.