Turner-Kansas City
Turner-Kansas City is a public school district based in Kansas City, Kansas, serving 3,926 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #25 of the 84 Kansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 71% of them. Its schools average 491 students each, more than the Kansas median of 395. It spends about $12,039 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.5 students per teacher.
How Turner-Kansas City compares
Spending and staffing
| Measure | Turner-Kansas City | Kansas median | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current spending per student | $12,039 | $12,405 | FY2020-21 |
| Instruction spending per student | $6,475 | $7,438 | FY2020-21 |
| Total spending | $83.0 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Total revenue | $57.9 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 270 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Total staff (full-time equivalent) | 510 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Students per teacher | 14.5 | 13.5 | 2024-25 |
| Students per counselor | 436 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EmporiaEmporia | 4,267 | 8 | $15,039 | 13.6 | #23 |
| Hutchinson Public SchoolsHutchinson | 4,230 | 10 | $14,131 | 14.1 | #24 |
| Turner-Kansas CityKansas City · this district | 3,926 | 8 | $12,039 | 14.5 | #25 |
| SeamanTopeka | 3,700 | 7 | $11,339 | 13.5 | #26 |
| Shawnee HeightsTecumseh | 3,647 | 6 | $11,151 | 14.2 | #27 |
Similar-size districts nationally
| District | Students | Spending per student | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay UnifiedLindsay, CA | 3,928 | $16,239 | 21.3 |
| Bladen County SchoolsElizabethtown, NC | 3,928 | $12,664 | 17.1 |
| Claremore Public SchoolsClaremore, OK | 3,925 | $9,827 | 14.9 |
| Newtown School DistrictNewtown, CT | 3,924 | $22,734 | 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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