Regular local school district · Sedgwick County
Valley Center Pub Sch, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Valley Center Pub Sch runs 7 public schools with 3,177 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Kansas figure of 13.8.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,177
- Teachers (FTE)
- 226
- Students per teacher
- 14.1
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 143 S. Meridian, Valley Center, KS 67147
- Phone
- (316)755-7000
- County
- Sedgwick County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2012510
- State district ID
- KS-D0262
- Total staff (FTE)
- 480
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 353 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.1
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 (3,048), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $31.3 million
- Local revenue
- $8.4 million
- Total spending
- $37.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,336
- Salaries
- $17.7 million47.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $69.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.7%
- State: 75.2%
- Local: 20.1%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,336
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Valley Center Pub Sch
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Abilene Elementary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 254 | 14.1 |
| The Learning Center | High | 6 to 12 | 78 | |
| Valley Center High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,011 | 14.9 |
| Valley Center Intermediate School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 443 | 13.4 |
| Valley Center Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 802 | 15.4 |
| West Elementary | Elementary | K to 3 | 264 | 11.5 |
| Wheatland Elementary | Elementary | K to 3 | 325 | 12.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sedgwick County
- Wichita School District 46,073 students
- Maize School District 8,067 students
- Derby School District 7,416 students
- Goddard School District 6,346 students
- Haysville School District 5,465 students
- Renwick School District 1,989 students
- Mulvane School District 1,718 students
- Clearwater School District 1,095 students
- Cheney School District 823 students
- Ark Valley Special Education Cooperative
- Goddard Special Education Cooperative
- Maize Special Education Cooperative
- South Central KS Education Serv Cnt (ORION)
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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.