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Central School

Serves grades 1 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
301 1/2 North 5th Street
Atchison, KS 66002
Phone
(913) 360-6540
District
ATCHISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
ATCHISON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
51
Classroom Teachers
9

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kansas

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.4% of all KS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Central School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

40 30 20 10 0
2%
31%
5%
32%
0%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
6
10
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 1 2.0%
Grade 4 1 2.0%
Grade 5 1 2.0%
Grade 6 2 3.9%
Grade 7 6 11.8%
Grade 8 5 9.8%
Grade 9 6 11.8%
Grade 10 9 17.6%
Grade 11 10 19.6%
Grade 12 7 13.7%
Total 51 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.8% 83.0% 66.5%
Black 4.3% 10.7% 7.2%
Hispanic 10.9% 5.2% 22.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.4% 2.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.8% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 70.6% 62.9% 42.7%
Free lunch eligible 51.0% 49.6% 33.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 19.6% 13.2% 9.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 11,730 2,937,150
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 205.5 35
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.9% 20.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.0% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.9% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 15.1% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,106 1,148,635
Single Parent Households With Children 8.6% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.1% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.0% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.6% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.8% 17.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.9% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.2% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 24.8% 15.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.0% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 11.6% 8.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,211 $12,446,186 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $767 $1,323,842 6.0%
Staff $327 $564,402 2.6%
General Administration $422 $728,372 3.3%
School Administration $984 $1,698,384 7.7%
Operation $1,081 $1,865,806 8.5%
Transportation $451 $778,426 3.5%
Other $68 $117,368 0.5%
Total Support $4,100 $7,076,600 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,479 $2,552,754 11.6%
Total Expenditures $12,790 $22,075,540 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,633 $3,697,137,819 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $786 $380,580,640 5.2%
Staff $484 $234,547,981 3.2%
General Administration $302 $146,148,145 2.0%
School Administration $727 $351,870,243 4.8%
Operation $1,203 $582,720,599 8.0%
Transportation $480 $232,702,406 3.2%
Other $354 $171,507,004 2.3%
Total Support $4,336 $2,100,045,783 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,111 $1,506,919,992 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,081 $7,304,128,071 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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