Regular local school district · Elk County
West Elk School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
West Elk School District runs 2 public schools with 597 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is 2.3 higher than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "West Elk".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 597
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1201 State Highway 99, Howard, KS 67349
- Phone
- (620)374-2113
- County
- Elk County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2007500
- State district ID
- KS-D0282
- Total staff (FTE)
- 107
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
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 (386), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $945,000
- State revenue
- $5.3 million
- Local revenue
- $3.6 million
- Total spending
- $9.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,207
- Salaries
- $4.9 million50.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 36.8%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,207
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in West Elk School District
By level: 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| West Elk SchoolsCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 371 | 10.9 |
| West Elk Virtual Academy | Other | K to 12 | 226 | 75.3 |
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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.