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Kansas school systems.

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308school systems
1,335operating schools connected
482,918students in finance records
286complete 2019–2024 finance trends
284latest official board snapshots
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Kansas school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 286 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$15,984Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+5.2%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+29.1%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-2.9%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems286 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024497,708481,497
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$14,966$13,965

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Ulysses

Ulysses, KS

Students
1,532
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$13,012

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Labette County

Altamont, KS

Students
1,518
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$13,681

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment

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Wellington

Wellington, KS

Students
1,500
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$14,189

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.1% enrollment

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Atchison Public Schools

Atchison, KS

Students
1,476
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$15,690

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.7% enrollment

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Abilene

Abilene, KS

Students
1,469
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$13,372

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.3% enrollment

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Baldwin City

Baldwin City, KS

Students
1,442
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$11,610

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.6% enrollment

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Rock Creek

St. George, KS

Students
1,337
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,626

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+11.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +23.1% enrollment

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Clay County

Clay Center, KS

Students
1,334
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$17,478

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.9% enrollment

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Parsons

Parsons, KS

Students
1,334
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$14,876

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+5.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.5% enrollment

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Pratt

Pratt, KS

Students
1,281
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$12,976

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment

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Iola

Iola, KS

Students
1,180
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$14,661

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Smoky Valley

Lindsborg, KS

Students
1,180
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$10,808

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+19.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.8% enrollment

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Holton

Holton, KS

Students
1,170
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$17,138

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment

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Concordia

Concordia, KS

Students
1,138
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$19,296

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+0.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.6% enrollment

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Chapman

Chapman, KS

Students
1,132
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$14,107

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.6% enrollment

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Kaw Valley

St. Marys, KS

Students
1,119
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$17,155

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+10.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment

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Clearwater

Clearwater, KS

Students
1,092
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,483

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+5.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment

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Santa Fe Trail

Scranton, KS

Students
1,074
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,165

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment

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Central Plains

Claflin, KS

Students
1,071
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$8,148

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-48.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +89.6% enrollment

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Osawatomie

Osawatomie, KS

Students
1,047
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$15,919

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment

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Nickerson

Hutchinson, KS

Students
1,038
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$16,145

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+14.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.9% enrollment

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Hugoton Public Schools

Hugoton, KS

Students
1,001
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$14,790

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Humboldt

Humboldt, KS

Students
1,000
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$10,857

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.7% enrollment

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Columbus

Columbus, KS

Students
990
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,442

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-8.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.7% enrollment

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Girard

Girard, KS

Students
989
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,314

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+10.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.5% enrollment

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Holcomb

Holcomb, KS

Students
984
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$14,383

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+10.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment

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Frontenac Public Schools

Frontenac, KS

Students
982
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,318

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% enrollment

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Scott County

Scott City, KS

Students
962
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,358

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+0.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.4% enrollment

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Garnett

Garnett, KS

Students
951
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$14,708

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Colby Public Schools

Colby, KS

Students
944
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,841

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+15.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.