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POPULATION
2,688,418

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	467,525
NUMBER OF Kansas SCHOOLS	1,420
NUMBER OF Kansas SCHOOL DISTRICTS	307
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	9,349

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	78.5
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	79.5
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	76.9
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	78.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	79.2
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	77.4
Grade 11 Reading Proficiency	77.1

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	75.4	57.0
BLACK (%)	8.6	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	12.1	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	2.4	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	1.5	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	38.7	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	5.6	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	13.9	12.2

Kansas Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	2,758,046	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	34	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	6.9%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	19.3%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	36.1%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	24.7%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	13.0%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	1,079,931	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	9.2%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	90.7%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	29.4%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	4.9%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	9.3%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	11.7%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	20.9%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	22.7%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	17.7%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	12.8%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,175	$2,419,647,736	55.4
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$487	$227,654,769	5.2
STAFF	$397	$185,464,860	4.2
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$282	$131,969,067	3.0
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$505	$236,329,952	5.4
OPERATION	$836	$390,837,013	8.9
TRANSPORTATION	$345	$161,494,288	3.7
OTHER	$212	$98,977,710	2.3
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,064	$1,432,727,659	32.8
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,109	$518,485,120	11.9
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$9,349	$4,370,860,515	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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