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Central School

Serves grades 1 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
301 1/2 North 5th Street
Atchison, KS 66002
Phone
(913) 360-6540
District
Atchison Public Schools
County
ATCHISON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
47
Classroom Teachers
7

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kansas

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.6% of all KS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Central School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

40 30 20 10 0
3%
32%
0%
33%
6%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
6
10
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 0 0.0%
Grade 2 0 0.0%
Grade 3 0 0.0%
Grade 4 0 0.0%
Grade 5 0 0.0%
Grade 6 3 6.4%
Grade 7 3 6.4%
Grade 8 1 2.1%
Grade 9 4 8.5%
Grade 10 8 17.0%
Grade 11 10 21.3%
Grade 12 16 34.0%
Total 47 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.7% 83.5% 65.4%
Black 9.5% 9.4% 7.1%
Hispanic 4.8% 5.9% 23.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.4% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.8% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 80.9% 64.3% 48.5%
Free lunch eligible 76.6% 57.3% 41.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.3% 7.0% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 11,489 2,940,546
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 207.5 35
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.6% 20.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.7% 23.7%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,969 1,160,715
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.0% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.7% 35.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.5% 17.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.6% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.2% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.5% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 12.5% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,823 $13,023,000 57.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $917 $1,353,000 6.0%
Staff $547 $808,000 3.6%
General Administration $481 $710,000 3.1%
School Administration $1,006 $1,485,000 6.6%
Operation $1,562 $2,306,000 10.2%
Transportation $551 $813,000 3.6%
Other $82 $121,000 0.5%
Total Support $5,146 $7,596,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,330 $1,963,000 8.7%
Total Expenditures $15,299 $22,582,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,758 $4,232,367,000 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $994 $480,503,000 5.9%
Staff $591 $285,770,000 3.5%
General Administration $367 $177,144,000 2.2%
School Administration $780 $377,096,000 4.6%
Operation $1,396 $674,392,000 8.3%
Transportation $552 $266,988,000 3.3%
Other $397 $191,857,000 2.4%
Total Support $5,078 $2,453,750,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,981 $1,440,730,000 17.7%
Total Expenditures $16,817 $8,126,847,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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