Regular local school district · Seward County
Liberal School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Liberal School District runs 8 public schools with 4,654 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Liberal".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,654
- Teachers (FTE)
- 333
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 7 Parkway Blvd, Liberal, KS 67901
- Phone
- (620)604-1010
- County
- Seward County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2008730
- State district ID
- KS-D0480
- Total staff (FTE)
- 820
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 582 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.0
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 (4,658), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $72.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.8 million
- State revenue
- $55.9 million
- Local revenue
- $9.6 million
- Total spending
- $65.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,097
- Salaries
- $34.2 million52.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $125.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 77.2%
- Local: 13.3%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,097
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Liberal School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cottonwood Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 500 | 15.2 |
| Eisenhower Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 516 | 13.2 |
| Liberal Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,421 | 15.6 |
| MacArthur Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 386 | 13.3 |
| Meadowlark Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 362 | 13.9 |
| Prairie View Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 426 | 13.3 |
| Seymour Rogers Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 472 | 11.8 |
| Sunflower Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 570 | 23.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Seward County
- Kismet-Plains School District 575 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.