School district · Kansas

Prairie Hills

Prairie Hills in Kansas: 5 public schools with 953 students and 11.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,311 per student in FY2024.

Schools
5
Students
953
Students per teacher
11.5
KS 13.1 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$15,311
KS $14.9K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE)
83.2
Counselors (FTE)
1.3
Students per counselor
762
KS 395 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
1.5
Librarians (FTE): 1.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Kansas: 46%

54%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 78% of school districts in Kansas

Median 46% · 261 school districts compared

408 students tested, grades 3–8 · KAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kansas: 40%

52%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 85% of school districts in Kansas

Median 40% · 261 school districts compared

408 students tested, grades 3–8 · KAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$10.4K15
$9.9K16
$10.3K17
$11.6K18
$11.4K19
$12.0K20
$12.7K21
$13.8K22
$13.7K23
$15.3K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
3.5% · $553K
State
61% · $9.7M
Local
36% · $5.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$9,679
Support services
$4,679
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$373K
Long-term debt
$2.5M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 1High schools: 2
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–81139.852%58%
Pre-K–540113.762%60%
6–817313.246%41%
9–12498.8——
9–122179.4——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Address
1619 S. Old Hwy 75, Sabetha, KS 66534
Phone
(785)284-2175
Website