Regular local school district · McPherson County
Smoky Valley School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Smoky Valley School District runs 4 public schools with 1,218 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.7 students per teacher is 4.9 higher than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Smoky Valley".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,218
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65
- Students per teacher
- 18.7
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 126 S Main, Lindsborg, KS 67456
- Phone
- (785)227-2981
- County
- McPherson County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2000002
- State district ID
- KS-D0400
- Total staff (FTE)
- 124
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 406 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district18.7
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 (1,276), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $946,000
- State revenue
- $9.7 million
- Local revenue
- $2.3 million
- Total spending
- $12.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,025
- Salaries
- $6.1 million47.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 75.3%
- Local: 17.4%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,025
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Smoky Valley School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Smoky Valley High | High | 9 to 12 | 243 | 10.1 |
| Smoky Valley Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 253 | 14.1 |
| Smoky Valley Virtual Charter SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 402 | |
| Soderstrom Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 318 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McPherson County
- McPherson County Public Schools 2,165 students
- Moundridge School District 513 students
- Inman School District 448 students
- Canton-Galva School District 367 students
- McPherson County Sp. 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.