Regular local school district · Thomas County
Colby Public Schools, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Colby Public Schools runs 3 public schools with 958 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Kansas figure of 13.8.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 958
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 600 W Third St, Colby, KS 67701
- Phone
- (785)460-5000
- County
- Thomas County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2005010
- State district ID
- KS-D0315
- Total staff (FTE)
- 138
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.3
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 (953), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.4 million
- State revenue
- $8.5 million
- Local revenue
- $5.2 million
- Total spending
- $13.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,726
- Salaries
- $6.3 million47.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 56.4%
- Local: 34.6%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,726
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Colby Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Colby Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 369 | 15.4 |
| Colby Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 293 | 14.0 |
| Colby Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 296 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Thomas County
- Brewster School District 124 students
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.