Regular local school district · Shawnee County
Topeka Public Schools, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Topeka Public Schools runs 27 public schools with 12,623 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Kansas figure of 13.8.
At a glance
- Schools
- 27
- Students
- 12,623
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,024
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 624 SW 24th, Topeka, KS 66611
- Phone
- (785)295-3000
- County
- Shawnee County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2012260
- State district ID
- KS-D0501
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,022
- School counselors (FTE)
- 48.0About 263 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 32.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
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 (12,436), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $198.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $24.8 million
- State revenue
- $148.5 million
- Local revenue
- $25.3 million
- Total spending
- $198.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,966
- Salaries
- $114.5 million57.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $149.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.5%
- State: 74.8%
- Local: 12.7%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,966
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Topeka Public Schools
By level: 6 high, 6 middle, 14 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Avondale Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 23 | 2.6 |
| Capital CityCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Chase Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 390 | 10.3 |
| Eisenhower Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 440 | 11.9 |
| Highland Park CentralCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 318 | 12.7 |
| Highland Park HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 835 | 14.4 |
| Hope Street Charter AcademyCEP schoolCharter | High | 10 to 12 | 103 | 6.4 |
| Jardine ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 729 | 14.3 |
| Jardine Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 508 | 12.7 |
| Landon Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 430 | 13.0 |
| Lowman Hill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 294 | 12.8 |
| Marjorie French Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 480 | 14.5 |
| McCarter ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 401 | 12.5 |
| McClure ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 301 | 13.1 |
| McEachron ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 422 | 14.1 |
| Meadows ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | ||
| Quincy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 142 | 9.5 |
| Randolph ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 346 | 13.3 |
| Robinson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 361 | 11.3 |
| Ross ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 563 | 11.7 |
| Scott Dual Language MagnetCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 402 | 13.4 |
| State Street ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 411 | 12.1 |
| Topeka HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,578 | 14.7 |
| Topeka Virtual School | Other | 1 to 12 | 384 | 192.0 |
| Topeka West HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 971 | 13.5 |
| Whitson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 416 | 13.0 |
| Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 447 | 10.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Shawnee County
- Auburn-Washburn School District 5,873 students
- Seaman School District 3,700 students
- Shawnee Heights School District 3,647 students
- Silver Lake School District 710 students
- Department of Corrections 111 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.