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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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Riverton

Riverton, KS

Students
696
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,861

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+0.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Cherryvale

Cherryvale, KS

Students
692
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,337

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.5% enrollment

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Southeast Of Saline

Gypsum, KS

Students
683
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,012

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+3.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment

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Easton

Easton, KS

Students
674
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,923

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.6% enrollment

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Riverside

Elwood, KS

Students
654
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$14,179

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.3% enrollment

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Vermillion

Vermillion, KS

Students
647
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,403

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+1.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment

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Ellsworth

Ellsworth, KS

Students
646
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,687

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.9% enrollment

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Lakin

Lakin, KS

Students
633
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,749

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+10.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh

Hillsboro, KS

Students
629
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,641

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment

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Douglass Public Schools

Douglass, KS

Students
624
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,655

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.2% enrollment

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Fredonia

Fredonia, KS

Students
621
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$17,662

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+25.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.6% enrollment

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North Ottawa County

Minneapolis, KS

Students
621
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,357

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-3.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Twin Valley

Bennington, KS

Students
613
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$15,165

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.7% enrollment

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West Franklin

Pomona, KS

Students
611
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$16,705

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.1% enrollment

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Cimarron-Ensign

Cimarron, KS

Students
610
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,626

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+12.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.6% enrollment

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West Elk

Howard, KS

Students
607
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,705

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-25.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +62.7% enrollment

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Jayhawk

Mound City, KS

Students
594
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,529

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+4.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment

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Kismet-Plains

Kismet, KS

Students
575
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,990

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.3% enrollment

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Southern Lyon County

Hartford, KS

Students
572
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$17,428

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.7% enrollment

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Central Heights

Richmond, KS

Students
566
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,367

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-4.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.8% enrollment

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Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg, KS

Students
565
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,250

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment

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Eureka

Eureka, KS

Students
560
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,941

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+9.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.9% enrollment

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Centre

Lost Springs, KS

Students
555
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$9,757

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.1% enrollment

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Belle Plaine

Belle Plaine, KS

Students
550
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,445

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+12.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.6% enrollment

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Oskaloosa Public Schools

Oskaloosa, KS

Students
537
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,860

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+9.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.9% enrollment

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Marion-Florence

Marion, KS

Students
531
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,175

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.6% enrollment

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Republic County

Belleville, KS

Students
529
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,972

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.0% enrollment

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South Brown County

Horton, KS

Students
528
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,742

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-10.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.0% enrollment

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Syracuse

Syracuse, KS

Students
526
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,297

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

+16.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.9% enrollment

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Bluestem

Leon, KS

Students
523
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,788

1 state-published board president in 2025–26

-2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% 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.