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De Soto School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
De Soto School District runs 13 public schools with 7,295 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "De Soto".
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 7,295
- Teachers (FTE)
- 554
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 35200 W. 91st Street, De Soto, KS 66018
- Phone
- (913)667-6200
- County
- Johnson County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2005490
- State district ID
- KS-D0232
- Total staff (FTE)
- 932
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 521 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
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 (7,112), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $102.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $65.4 million
- Local revenue
- $32.6 million
- Total spending
- $122.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,155
- Salaries
- $45.9 million37.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $172.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 64.0%
- Local: 31.9%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,155
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in De Soto School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Belmont Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 381 | 12.3 |
| Clear Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 461 | 13.2 |
| De Soto High School | High | 9 to 12 | 918 | 12.9 |
| Horizon Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 351 | 12.1 |
| Lexington Trails Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 393 | 12.7 |
| Mill Creek Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 676 | 14.7 |
| Mill Valley High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,432 | 15.9 |
| Mize Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 474 | 12.2 |
| Monticello Trails Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 655 | 13.6 |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 431 | 12.7 |
| Riverview Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 441 | 12.2 |
| Starside Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 428 | 11.0 |
| Virtual Education Program | High | 9 to 12 | 26 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Johnson County
- Olathe School District 28,195 students
- Shawnee Mission Pub Sch 26,513 students
- Blue Valley School District 22,252 students
- Spring Hill School District 5,860 students
- Gardner Edgerton School District 5,858 students
- Girard School District 1,019 students
- School for Deaf 118 students
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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.