Regular local school district · Ness County
Western Plains School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Western Plains School District runs 3 public schools with 127 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 7.1 students per teacher is 6.7 lower than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Western Plains".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 127
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 7.1
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 100 School St., Ransom, KS 67572
- Phone
- (785)731-2352
- County
- Ness County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2000020
- State district ID
- KS-D0106
- Total staff (FTE)
- 32
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district7.1
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 (115), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $164,000
- State revenue
- $1.5 million
- Local revenue
- $884,000
- Total spending
- $2.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,313
- Salaries
- $1.3 million49.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 59.6%
- Local: 34.1%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,313
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Western Plains School District
By level: 1 high, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Western Plains High | High | 9 to 12 | 34 | 8.5 |
| Western Plains North Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 62 | 12.4 |
| Western Plains South Elem/Jr High | Elementary | PK to 8 | 31 | 4.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ness County
- Ness City School District 277 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.