District profile / Kansas

Arkansas City

Arkansas City, Kansas · Public school district · #35 of 84 Kansas districts by enrollment

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2,902

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,614

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kansas median

13.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kansas median 13.5

Arkansas City is a public school district based in Arkansas City, Kansas, serving 2,902 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #35 of the 84 Kansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 59% of them. Its schools average 363 students each, about the same as the Kansas median of 395. It spends about $12,614 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.6 students per teacher.

How Arkansas City compares

Arkansas CityKansas median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,614

Kansas median $12,405 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,334

Kansas median $7,438 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Students per school363

Kansas median 395 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.6

Kansas median 13.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor726

Kansas median 449 · 62% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$40.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 82%Local 12%

Measure	Arkansas City	Kansas median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,614	$12,405	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,334	$7,438	FY2020-21
Total spending	$37.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$40.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	214	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	406	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.6	13.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	726	449	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Kansas median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Kansas

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Basehor-LinwoodBasehor	3,096	7	$11,928	13.6	#32
Great BendGreat Bend	2,999	7	$14,481	12.7	#33
NewtonNewton	2,965	8	$14,545	11.9	#34
Arkansas CityArkansas City · this district	2,902	8	$12,614	13.6	#35
Piper-Kansas CityKansas City	2,840	4	$10,369	14.3	#36

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Mojave UnifiedMojave, CA	2,904	$13,198	23.2
Somerset County Public SchoolsWestover, MD	2,901	$20,050	12.6
Windham School DistrictWindham, NH	2,901	$16,379	14.7
Jasper 01Ridgeland, SC	2,901	$13,649	16.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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