Regular local school district · Saline County
Salina School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Salina School District runs 13 public schools with 6,737 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is 0.7 lower than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Salina".
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 6,737
- Teachers (FTE)
- 515
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1511 Gypsum, Salina, KS 67402
- Phone
- (785)309-4700
- County
- Saline County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2011370
- State district ID
- KS-D0305
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,455
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 449 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (6,898), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $143.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $20.4 million
- State revenue
- $74.9 million
- Local revenue
- $48.7 million
- Total spending
- $133.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,378
- Salaries
- $69.0 million51.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $105.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 52.1%
- Local: 33.8%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,378
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Salina School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Coronado Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 389 | 12.5 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 326 | 10.9 |
| Heusner Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 392 | 13.1 |
| Lakewood Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 647 | 12.4 |
| Meadowlark Ridge Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 431 | 14.9 |
| Oakdale Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 282 | 10.8 |
| Salina High Central | High | 9 to 12 | 934 | 14.4 |
| Salina High South | High | 9 to 12 | 1,046 | 14.9 |
| Salina South Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 782 | 13.5 |
| Salina Virtual Innovation Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 50 | 25.0 |
| Schilling Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 376 | 10.7 |
| Stewart Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 406 | 14.5 |
| Sunset Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 380 | 11.5 |
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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.