Regular local school district · Ellis County
Hays School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Hays School District runs 7 public schools with 3,527 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is 1.5 higher than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Hays".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,527
- Teachers (FTE)
- 231
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 323 W. 12th St, Hays, KS 67601
- Phone
- (785)623-2400
- County
- Ellis County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2007020
- State district ID
- KS-D0489
- Total staff (FTE)
- 526
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 392 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
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 (3,221), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $50.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.0 million
- State revenue
- $26.2 million
- Local revenue
- $17.6 million
- Total spending
- $51.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,858
- Salaries
- $24.7 million48.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.8%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.7%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,858
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Hays School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hays High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,017 | 16.4 |
| Hays Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 726 | 16.5 |
| Hays Virtual School | Other | K to 12 | 262 | 262.0 |
| Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 371 | 14.3 |
| Lincoln ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 274 | 16.1 |
| Roosevelt Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 420 | 15.0 |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 364 | 14.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ellis County
- Ellis County Public Schools 345 students
- Victoria School District 263 students
- Hays West Central KS Special Ed. Coop.
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.