Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail is a public school district based in Scranton, Kansas, serving 1,009 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #83 of the 84 Kansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 1% of them. Its schools average 336 students each, fewer than the Kansas median of 395. It spends about $12,912 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.2 students per teacher.
How Santa Fe Trail compares
Spending and staffing
| Measure | Santa Fe Trail | Kansas median | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current spending per student | $12,912 | $12,405 | FY2020-21 |
| Instruction spending per student | $7,434 | $7,438 | FY2020-21 |
| Total spending | $14.2 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Total revenue | $15.7 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 83 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Total staff (full-time equivalent) | 176 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Students per teacher | 12.2 | 13.5 | 2024-25 |
| Students per counselor | 1,009 | 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
Compare side by side →| District | Students | Schools | Spending per student | Students per teacher | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugoton Public SchoolsHugoton | 1,018 | 4 | $13,154 | 13.8 | #80 |
| NickersonHutchinson | 1,015 | 5 | $12,697 | 10.9 | #81 |
| HumboldtHumboldt | 1,013 | 4 | $12,548 | 19.1 | #82 |
| Santa Fe TrailScranton · this district | 1,009 | 3 | $12,912 | 12.2 | #83 |
| Frontenac Public SchoolsFrontenac | 1,006 | 3 | $12,405 | 12.9 | #84 |
Similar-size districts nationally
| District | Students | Spending per student | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellicott School District No. 22Ellicott, CO | 1,009 | $10,666 | 14.2 |
| Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)Lakeview, MI | 1,009 | $12,057 | 16.0 |
| Coahoma County School DistrictClarksdale, MS | 1,009 | $13,661 | 11.6 |
| Stillwater Central School DistrictStillwater, NY | 1,009 | $19,615 | 11.2 |
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.
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