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Valley Center Pub Sch

Valley Center, Kansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,177
Students enrolled
7
Public schools
227
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 117
  • Kindergarten 149
  • Grade 1 189
  • Grade 2 182
  • Grade 3 206
  • Grade 4 204
  • Grade 5 239
  • Grade 6 262
  • Grade 7 268
  • Grade 8 277
  • Grade 9 241
  • Grade 10 283
  • Grade 11 266
  • Grade 12 275
  • Ungraded 19

By race/ethnicity

  • White 74%
  • Hispanic/Latino 16%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,395 of 3,177 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 36%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

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

$15,850 spent per student on day-to-day operations Kansas median: $15,993 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,880
  • Support services $5,425
  • Other (food service, etc.) $545

Where the money comes from

  • Local 32%
  • State 62%
  • Federal 6%

Total revenue $61.3 milliontotal spending $53.7 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)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 68% suburb, 32% rural

Total staff (FTE)

480

District office

143 S. Meridian, Valley Center KS 67147

County

Sedgwick County

Official website

NCES District ID

2012510

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About Valley Center Pub Sch

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

USD 262 school district serves approximately 2,800 students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.  Valley Center is a growing and progressive 5A suburban district that takes pride in employing the most qualified staff as possible to help reach and maintain the mission and vision of the district.
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