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Sterling

Sterling, Kansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

500
Students enrolled
2
Public schools
42
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.9:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 25
  • Kindergarten 32
  • Grade 1 31
  • Grade 2 32
  • Grade 3 33
  • Grade 4 44
  • Grade 5 28
  • Grade 6 43
  • Grade 7 31
  • Grade 8 43
  • Grade 9 52
  • Grade 10 34
  • Grade 11 38
  • Grade 12 34

By race/ethnicity

  • White 93%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Hispanic/Latino 2%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 200 of 500 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 30%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,611 spent per student on day-to-day operations Kansas median: $15,993 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,429
  • Support services $5,411
  • Other (food service, etc.) $771

Where the money comes from

  • Local 31%
  • State 65%
  • Federal 4%

Total revenue $9.5 milliontotal spending $8.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

74

District office

308 E. Washington, Sterling KS 67579

County

Rice County

Official website

NCES District ID

2012030

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About Sterling

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

  At Sterling High School, we provide an environment that expects excellence from staff and students, welcomes community and parental involvement and promotes a well-rounded program of academics and activities. This fosters a spirit of lifelong learning, enabling students to succeed in their chosen life path.
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