Kansas · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Kansas
The 50 Kansas districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $23,217
- Top per-pupil spend
- $16,196
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Paola spends $23,217 per student, the most of any Kansas district listed, against an average of $16,196 across the top 50.
- $23,217
- top spend (Paola)
- $14,249
- lowest on this list
- 1.6×
- spread across the listed districts
- 1,815
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paola Paola | $23,217 |
| 2 | Lyons Lyons | $21,413 |
| 3 | Beloit Beloit | $20,865 |
| 4 | Burlington Burlington | $20,521 |
| 5 | Winfield Winfield | $20,088 |
| 6 | Salina Salina | $18,628 |
| 7 | Concordia Concordia | $17,698 |
| 8 | Mcpherson Mcpherson | $17,683 |
| 9 | South Brown County Horton | $17,631 |
| 10 | Ft Larned Larned | $17,561 |
| 11 | Prairie View Lacygne | $17,353 |
| 12 | Holton Holton | $16,928 |
| 13 | Kismet-Plains Kismet | $16,861 |
| 14 | Marysville Marysville | $16,797 |
| 15 | Jayhawk Mound City | $16,752 |
| 16 | Kansas City Kansas City | $16,610 |
| 17 | Chaparral Schools Anthony | $16,410 |
| 18 | Russell County Russell | $16,335 |
| 19 | Clay County Clay Center | $16,186 |
| 20 | Topeka Public Schools Topeka | $16,138 |
| 21 | Oswego Oswego | $15,743 |
| 22 | Osawatomie Osawatomie | $15,638 |
| 23 | Eureka Eureka | $15,578 |
| 24 | Atchison Co Comm Schools Effingham | $15,565 |
| 25 | Central Heights Richmond | $15,508 |
| 26 | Emporia Emporia | $15,415 |
| 27 | Newton Newton | $15,402 |
| 28 | Cherryvale Cherryvale | $15,380 |
| 29 | Marion-Florence Marion | $15,364 |
| 30 | Wichita Wichita | $15,361 |
| 31 | West Franklin Pomona | $15,342 |
| 32 | Oskaloosa Public Schools Oskaloosa | $15,284 |
| 33 | Southern Lyon County Hartford | $15,206 |
| 34 | Hays Hays | $15,127 |
| 35 | Hutchinson Public Schools Hutchinson | $15,014 |
| 36 | Great Bend Great Bend | $14,955 |
| 37 | Jefferson West Meriden | $14,656 |
| 38 | Olathe Olathe | $14,650 |
| 39 | Riverton Riverton | $14,645 |
| 40 | Kaw Valley St. Marys | $14,590 |
| 41 | Wamego Wamego | $14,510 |
| 42 | Columbus Columbus | $14,501 |
| 43 | Belle Plaine Belle Plaine | $14,469 |
| 44 | Lakin Lakin | $14,376 |
| 45 | Valley Center Pub Sch Valley Center | $14,370 |
| 46 | Bluestem Leon | $14,368 |
| 47 | Geary County Schools Junction City | $14,320 |
| 48 | Morris County Council Grove | $14,275 |
| 49 | Chanute Public Schools Chanute | $14,260 |
| 50 | Nemaha Central Seneca | $14,249 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.