Regular local school district · Marion County
Centre, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Centre runs 2 public schools with 563 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 24.5 students per teacher is 10.7 higher than the Kansas figure of 13.8.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 563
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23
- Students per teacher
- 24.5
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2382 310th St, Lost Springs, KS 66859
- Phone
- (785)983-4304
- County
- Marion County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2008940
- State district ID
- KS-D0397
- Total staff (FTE)
- 43
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district24.5
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 (615), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $258,000
- State revenue
- $4.5 million
- Local revenue
- $764,000
- Total spending
- $5.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $8,681
- Salaries
- $2.2 million41.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.6%
- State: 81.6%
- Local: 13.8%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$8,681
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Centre
By level: 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Centre | Other | PK to 12 | 183 | 8.0 |
| Kansas Online Learning Program | Other | K to 12 | 380 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marion County
- Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh School District 613 students
- Marion-Florence School District 519 students
- Goessel School District 272 students
- Peabody-Burns School District 208 students
- Marion County Special Education
- Technology Excellence Education Network
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.