Enrollment
Kansas Lost 12,734 Students in Three Years
After a brief post-COVID recovery, Kansas enrollment has dropped for three straight years, with 205 districts losing students in 2026 and no sign of stabilization.
Kansas Education News & Data
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District Spotlight
Piper-Kansas City Grew for 20 Straight Years, the Longest Run in Kansas
Piper-Kansas City added students in 20 consecutive school years, 1,440 in all. Goddard's 18-year run is second. Both have now ended.
Demographics
Retraction: We Reported a 43-Point Racial Shift in Turner-Kansas City From Counts Kansas Never Published
Retraction: our report that Turner-Kansas City had the largest white enrollment drop in Kansas rested on counts KSDE never published. We withdraw it in full.
Enrollment
Kansas Publishes 2025-26 Enrollment Data
Corrected: KSDE counted 471,334 students statewide in 2025-26, a three-year decline of 12,734 students and the lowest headcount Kansas has posted since 2008.