Regular local school district · Osage County
Marais Des Cygnes Valley School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Marais Des Cygnes Valley School District runs 3 public schools with 175 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.3 students per teacher is 5.5 lower than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Marais Des Cygnes Valley".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 175
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21
- Students per teacher
- 8.3
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 105 SW Main, Melvern, KS 66510
- Phone
- (785)549-3521
- County
- Osage County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2009480
- State district ID
- KS-D0456
- Total staff (FTE)
- 36
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 175 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.3
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 (222), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $333,000
- State revenue
- $2.8 million
- Local revenue
- $977,000
- Total spending
- $4.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,486
- Salaries
- $2.0 million47.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.0%
- State: 68.5%
- Local: 23.5%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,486
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Marais Des Cygnes Valley School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 87 | 9.7 |
| Marais Des Cygnes Valley HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 53 | 8.8 |
| Marais Des Cygnes Valley Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 35 | 8.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Osage County
- Santa Fe Trail School District 1,009 students
- Osage City School District 692 students
- Lyndon School District 418 students
- Burlingame Public School 293 students
- Three Lakes Educational Cooperative
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.