Wheatland

Public school district · Gove County · Kansas · NCES district ID 2006630

Wheatland spent $18,438 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 79% of the other Kansas districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,054). Its 2 schools enrolled 99 students in 2024-25; 50.1% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,899 per student, up 29.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 50% or more (Kansas: 88%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Kansas districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Wheatland in enrollment (113 to 145 students) and Wheatland itself.

Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Wheatland, FY23Western Plains $24,158; Paradise $23,912; Altoona-Midway $22,662; Elk Valley $22,345; Moscow Public Schools $21,322; Pawnee Heights $20,864; Logan $19,924; Brewster $18,771; Wheatland $18,438; Lewis $17,591; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k15k20k25kWestern Plains$24,158Paradise$23,912Altoona-Midway$22,662Elk Valley$22,345Moscow Public Schools$21,322Pawnee Heights$20,864Logan$19,924Brewster$18,771Wheatland$18,438Lewis$17,591State median, under 1,000 students $16,054
Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Wheatland, FY23Western Plains $24,158; Paradise $23,912; Altoona-Midway $22,662; Elk Valley $22,345; Moscow Public Schools $21,322; Pawnee Heights $20,864; Logan $19,924; Brewster $18,771; Wheatland $18,438; Lewis $17,591; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k15k20k25kWestern Plains$24,158Paradise$23,912Altoona-Midway$22,662Elk Valley$22,345Moscow Public Schools$21,322Pawnee Heights$20,864Logan$19,924Brewster$18,771Wheatland$18,438Lewis$17,591State median, under 1,000 students $16,054
Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Wheatland, FY23Western Plains $24,158; Paradise $23,912; Altoona-Midway $22,662; Elk Valley $22,345; Moscow Public Schools $21,322; Pawnee Heights $20,864; Logan $19,924; Brewster $18,771; Wheatland $18,438; Lewis $17,591; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k15k20k25kWestern Plains$24,158Paradise$23,912Altoona-Midway$22,662Elk Valley$22,345Moscow Public Schools$21,322Pawnee Heights$20,864Logan$19,924Brewster$18,771Wheatland$18,438Lewis$17,591State median, under 1,000 students $16,054
Current spending per student, Kansas districts closest in size to Wheatland, FY23Western Plains $24,158; Paradise $23,912; Altoona-Midway $22,662; Elk Valley $22,345; Moscow Public Schools $21,322; Pawnee Heights $20,864; Logan $19,924; Brewster $18,771; Wheatland $18,438; Lewis $17,591; State median, under 1,000 students $16,054.10k15k20k25kWestern Plains$24,158Paradise$23,912Altoona-Midway$22,662Elk Valley$22,345Moscow Public Schools$21,322Pawnee Heights$20,864Logan$19,924Brewster$18,771Wheatland$18,438Lewis$17,591State median, under 1,000 students $16,054

Where the money came from

$3,047,000 in revenue: 50.1% state, 43.6% local and 6.3% federal. Total spending including $591,000 of capital outlay was $3,247,000, or $25,367 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Wheatland revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $1,528,000; Local $1,327,000; Federal $192,000; total $3,047,000.
  • State$1,528,000 50%
  • Local$1,327,000 44%
  • Federal$192,000 6%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 203 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

97 students in 2022-23, 99 students in 2023-24, 99 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Wheatland enrollment by school year2022-23: 97, 2023-24: 99, 2024-25: 9902550751002022-23972023-24992024-2599
Wheatland enrollment by school year2022-23: 97, 2023-24: 99, 2024-25: 9902550751002022-23972023-24992024-2599
Wheatland enrollment by school year2022-23: 97, 2023-24: 99, 2024-25: 9902550751002022-23972023-24992024-2599
Wheatland enrollment by school year2022-23: 97, 2023-24: 99, 2024-25: 9902550751002022-23972023-24992024-2599

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-239715.86.2
2023-249911.78.5
2024-259911.18.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$896,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $7,000 per student

Wheatland booked $896,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 16 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $56,889 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 44 in 100 Kansas districts with a figure (state median $57,761, 260 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Kansas teacher salary at $54,815 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$821,00091.6%
Vocational$75,0008.4%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $6,643 in 2018-19, $6,066 in 2019-20, $8,257 in 2020-21, $7,568 in 2021-22, $7,000 in 2022-23.

Wheatland teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,643, 2019-20: $6,066, 2020-21: $8,257, 2021-22: $7,568, 2022-23: $7,00002.5k5k7.5k10k2018-19$6,6432019-20$6,0662020-21$8,2572021-22$7,5682022-23$7,000
Wheatland teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,643, 2019-20: $6,066, 2020-21: $8,257, 2021-22: $7,568, 2022-23: $7,00002.5k5k7.5k10k2018-19$6,6432019-20$6,0662020-21$8,2572021-22$7,5682022-23$7,000
Wheatland teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,643, 2019-20: $6,066, 2020-21: $8,257, 2021-22: $7,568, 2022-23: $7,00002.5k5k7.5k10k2018-19$6,6432019-20$6,0662020-21$8,2572021-22$7,5682022-23$7,000
Wheatland teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,643, 2019-20: $6,066, 2020-21: $8,257, 2021-22: $7,568, 2022-23: $7,00002.5k5k7.5k10k2018-19$6,6432019-20$6,0662020-21$8,2572021-22$7,5682022-23$7,000

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Wheatland scored proficient or above: 21-39% in reading and 21-39% in math, against 32.5% in reading and 29.4% in math across Kansas. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Kansas, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtKansasStudents tested
Reading and language arts21-39%32.5%19
Math21-39%29.4%19

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

50% or more of the 15 students in Wheatland's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88% across Kansas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtKansas
Four-year graduation rate50% or more88%
Students in the class1536,783

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 58 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wheatland Elementary School5812.337.9%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 41 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wheatland High School416.534.1%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Wheatland

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Wheatland

  1. Kansas districts by spending per studentWheatland ranks 43 of 203 Kansas districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($18,438).#43 of 203
  2. Every school district in KansasWheatland is the number 272 by size of 290 Kansas districts, with 128 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#272 of 290
  3. BrewsterThe next larger Kansas district: 131 students in fall 2022, $18,771 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,771
  4. Western PlainsThe next smaller Kansas district: 120 students in fall 2022, $24,158 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,158
  5. Compare Wheatland with BrewsterEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Wheatland High School, its largest high school41 students in 2024-25, 6.5 per teacher.41
  7. Teacher salary spending across KansasWheatland spent $56,889 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $57,761); spending, not a salary.$56,889
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Wheatland

  1. How many schools and students are in Wheatland?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 high), enrolling 99 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Wheatland spend per student?
    $18,438 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Kansas median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,054 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,899 per student, up 29.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Wheatland's money come from?
    $3,047,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 50.1% state, 43.6% local and 6.3% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Wheatland live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 25 of the 143 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 17.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Wheatland spend on teacher salaries?
    $896,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $7,000 per student. Divided by the 16 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $56,889 per teacher, more than 44 in 100 Kansas districts (state median $57,761). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Kansas teacher salary at $54,815 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Wheatland do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Wheatland scored proficient or above: 21-39% in reading and 21-39% in math, against 32.5% in reading and 29.4% in math across Kansas. Kansas's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Wheatland?
    50% or more of the 15 students in Wheatland's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88% across Kansas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Wheatland's NCES district ID?
    2006630. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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