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Winfield, Kansas - 6 schools
An equity score of 74/100 ranks Winfield #24 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,088 per pupil, Winfield ranks #22 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,215
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$20,088
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Winfield operates 6 public schools serving 2,215 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Cowley County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,088 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 29 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.0% local, 54.7% state, and 11.4% 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 74/100, ranked #24 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 155.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 54.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.5% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lowell Elem, with a diversity index of 56.4/100.
Its largest campus is Winfield High, enrolling 638 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Country View Elem, at 114 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Winfield High accounts for 28.8% of all Winfield student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Winfield-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.
Winfield school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities
Winfield school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 638 students (highest), a spread of 524 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.
Winfield student-counselor ratio is 156:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Winfield chronic absenteeism rate is 54.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.