Shawnee Mission
White Students Hit 60% in Kansas Schools
In 2005, three out of four students in Kansas public schools were white. In 2025-26, it is three out of five. The state crossed that threshold precisely: white students now make up 60.0% of Kansas enr...
Kansas Lost 16,000 Students to COVID. Then It Lost 7,000 More.
In most states, the pandemic was a dip. Kansas schools lost 16,114 students between 2019-20 and 2020-21, a 3.4% drop that aligned with the national pattern of families pulling children from public edu...