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Lawrence School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Lawrence School District runs 18 public schools with 10,443 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Lawrence".
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 10,443
- Teachers (FTE)
- 724
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 110 McDonald Drive, Lawrence, KS 66044
- Phone
- (785)832-5000
- County
- Douglas County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2008400
- State district ID
- KS-D0497
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,400
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 614 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district14.4
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 (11,427), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $166.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.4 million
- State revenue
- $97.3 million
- Local revenue
- $57.9 million
- Total spending
- $155.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,579
- Salaries
- $77.4 million49.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $172.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.8%
- State: 58.4%
- Local: 34.8%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,579
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Lawrence School District
By level: 2 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Billy Mills Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 494 | 15.0 |
| Cordley Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 348 | 12.0 |
| Deerfield Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 433 | 15.5 |
| Hillcrest Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 393 | 11.9 |
| Langston Hughes Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 560 | 19.3 |
| Lawrence Free State High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,774 | 16.6 |
| Lawrence High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,454 | 14.7 |
| Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 386 | 14.3 |
| Lawrence Southwest Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 641 | 15.6 |
| Lawrence Virtual SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 543 | 22.6 |
| Lawrence West Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 648 | 14.7 |
| New York Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 415 | 20.8 |
| Prairie Park Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 354 | 13.6 |
| Quail Run Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 421 | 15.6 |
| Schwegler Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 434 | 14.0 |
| Sunflower Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 444 | 13.5 |
| Sunset Hill Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 398 | 14.2 |
| Woodlawn Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 240 | 12.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Douglas County
- Eudora School District 1,707 students
- Baldwin City School District 1,398 students
- East Central KS Coop in Educ
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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.