District profile / Kansas

Ottawa

Ottawa, Kansas · Public school district · #41 of 84 Kansas districts by enrollment

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2,150

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,554

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Kansas median

11.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Kansas median 13.5

Ottawa is a public school district based in Ottawa, Kansas, serving 2,150 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #41 of the 84 Kansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 358 students each, about the same as the Kansas median of 395. It spends about $12,554 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.6 students per teacher.

How Ottawa compares

OttawaKansas median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,554

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

Instruction spending per student$7,980

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

Students per school358

Kansas median 395 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.6

Kansas median 13.5 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor717

Kansas median 449 · 60% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$36.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 72%Local 21%

Measure	Ottawa	Kansas median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,554	$12,405	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,980	$7,438	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$36.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	186	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	352	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.6	13.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	717	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
McPhersonMcPherson	2,165	6	$17,286	12.0	#40
OttawaOttawa · this district	2,150	6	$12,554	11.6	#41
CircleTowanda	2,122	6	$11,157	14.1	#42
WinfieldWinfield	2,050	6	$18,154	12.4	#43
RenwickAndale	1,989	6	$10,420	13.3	#44

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational TechnicalNew Bedford, MA	2,151	$23,875	11.3
Halifax County SchoolsHalifax, NC	2,150	$14,488	14.1
Benton CountyCamden, TN	2,150	$11,262	n/a
New Albany Public SchoolsNew Albany, MS	2,149	$9,718	14.2

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ks-ottawa