State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Kansas Kansas Department of Education, 120 South East 10th Street, Topeka, KS 66612-1182	Download, view and print Kansas's report as a pdf file. 322KB
Superintendent of Education Commissioner John A. Tompkins, (785) 296-3202
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Sherrill Martinez, (785) 296-3605
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Gary Watson, (785) 296-4980

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


421,112	466,293	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,463	1,464	Public schools
27,317	30,875	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
82,264	82,264	Land area in square miles
5.1	5.7	Public school students per square mile
1.8	1.8	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

2,445	2,579	State population (in thousands)
$1,783	$3,064	State revenue per capita
$1,549	$2,889	State expenditure per capita
$345	$718	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$99,610	$134,450	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	304	100%	304	Total public education agencies
100.0%	304	100.0%	304	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
1.3%	4	1.6%	5	25 to 99 schools
5.9%	18	5.3%	16	10 to 24 schools
20.7%	63	18.1%	55	5 to 9 schools
72.0%	219	75.0%	228	1 to 4 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,463	100%	1,464	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
99.7%	1,459	98.8%	1,446	Regular schools
0.0%	0	0.1%	1	Special education schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.3%	4	1.2%	17	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

45.5%	666	43.6%	638	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
12.1%	177	8.8%	129	PK, K, 1 to 8
7.6%	111	11.5%	168	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
7.6%	111	4.4%	65	7 to 8, 9
3.8%	56	5.1%	74	7, 8 to 12
19.8%	290	19.3%	283	9, 10, 11 to 12
3.6%	52	7.1%	104	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.1%	2	Ungraded
0.0%	0	0.1%	1	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


641	3,723	Prekindergarten
36,335	32,890	Kindergarten
37,130	36,285	First
34,366	34,777	Second
32,290	35,003	Third
31,108	35,077	Fourth
30,824	36,134	Fifth
29,580	37,046	Sixth
29,932	36,890	Seventh
29,038	37,164	Eighth
30,098	39,108	Ninth
30,489	36,064	Tenth
30,448	32,702	Eleventh
28,792	29,244	Twelfth
10,041	4,186	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	11.7%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	31.5%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	13.2%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

100.0%	26,933	100.0%	25,786	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
	—		—	High school equivalency
	—		—	Other completers
	—		4.7%	Dropouts
			56.5%	Dropouts who were male
			30.3%	Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6 Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state () and nation () and the 25th () and 75th () percentiles
	did not participate in the NAEP 1996 State Assessment

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

—	—	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level
—	—	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	47,569	100%	58,040	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
57.4%	27,317	53.2%	30,875	Teachers
5.3%	2,523	8.6%	5,003	Instructional aides
				Support staff
2.1%	996	1.9%	1,097	Guidance counselors/directors
2.7%	1,266	2.6%	1,481	Librarians/library support
7.7%	3,654	6.6%	3,819	Administrative support
20.8%	9,880	23.3%	13,546	Other support services
				Administrators
3.1%	1,474	2.9%	1,674	School-based
1.0%	459	0.9%	545	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.0%	0.3%	Public school teachers with no degree
53.4%	53.5%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
42.9%	42.8%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
3.8%	3.4%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$25,239	$50,417	National school lunch
$1,096	$9,665	National school breakfast
$31,997	$60,514	Title I
$30,123	$38,352	Education for the handicapped
$9,081	$12,547	Vocational and adult education
$7,437	$18,451	School improvement
$10,711	$12,479	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$50	$1,007	Bilingual education
$621	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$1,773,743	$3,040,600	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,212	$6,521	Revenue per pupil in membership
$1,568,041	$2,568,525	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,724	$5,508	Current expenditure per pupil in membership