Regular local school district · Cowley County
Arkansas City School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Arkansas City School District runs 8 public schools with 2,902 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Arkansas City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,902
- Teachers (FTE)
- 214
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2545 Greenway, Arkansas City, KS 67005
- Phone
- (620)441-2000
- County
- Cowley County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2003450
- State district ID
- KS-D0470
- Total staff (FTE)
- 406
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 726 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
Kansas13.8
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,745), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $40.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $32.9 million
- Local revenue
- $5.0 million
- Total spending
- $37.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,509
- Salaries
- $19.2 million51.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $32.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.4%
- State: 82.2%
- Local: 12.5%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,509
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Arkansas City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adams ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 306 | 13.9 |
| Arkansas City HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 885 | 14.3 |
| Arkansas City Middle SchCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 628 | 13.1 |
| C 4 ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 122 | 13.6 |
| Frances Willard ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 281 | 17.6 |
| I X L ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 200 | 14.3 |
| Jefferson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 261 | 16.3 |
| Roosevelt ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 219 | 12.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cowley County
- Winfield School District 2,050 students
- Udall School District 305 students
- Central School District 301 students
- Dexter School District 291 students
- Cowley County Special Services Cooperative
More in Kansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.