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Yates Center, Kansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Woodson #59 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,606 per pupil, Woodson ranks #48 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
415
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,606
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Woodson operates 2 public schools serving 415 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Woodson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,606 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.0% local, 70.6% 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 67/100, ranked #59 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.
a 215:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 36.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.3% White, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Yates Center Elem, enrolling 249 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Yates Center Elem accounts for 57.9% of all Woodson student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Woodson a distant remainder — means Woodson-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.
Woodson student-counselor ratio is 215:1 — 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.
Woodson chronic absenteeism rate is 36.0% — 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.