School district · Kansas
Sterling
Sterling in Kansas: 2 public schools with 500 students and 11.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,611 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 500
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- KS 13.1 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $15,611
- 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)
- 42.1
- Counselors (FTE)
- 1.9
- Students per counselor
- 270
- KS 395 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
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.
$11.4K15
$11.6K16
$12.2K17
$12.6K18
$12.6K19
$12.6K20
$12.9K21
$15.1K22
$14.4K23
$15.6K24
- Federal
- 3.7% · $355K
- State
- 65% · $6.1M
- Local
- 31% · $3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,429
- Support services
- $5,411
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $287K
- Long-term debt
- $18.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–6 | 268 | 12.2 | |
| 7–12 | 232 | 11.5 |
Sources
- Address
- 308 E. Washington, Sterling, KS 67579
- Phone
- (620)278-3621
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).