List of unified school districts in Kansas

This is a list of unified school districts (USD) in the state of Kansas. It is grouped by county, based on the headquarters location of each school district.

Allen County

Humboldt USD 258
Iola USD 257
Marmaton Valley USD 256

Anderson County

Crest USD 479
Garnett USD 365

Atchison County

Atchison County USD 377
Atchison USD 409

Barber County

Barber County North USD 254
South Barber USD 255

Barton County

Ellinwood USD 355
Great Bend USD 428
Hoisington USD 431

Bourbon County

Fort Scott USD 234
Uniontown USD 235

Brown County

Hiawatha USD 415
South Brown County USD 430

Butler County

Andover USD 385
Augusta USD 402
Bluestem USD 205
Circle USD 375
Douglass USD 396
El Dorado USD 490
Flinthills USD 492
Remington USD 206
Rose Hill USD 394

Chase County

Chase County USD 284

Chautauqua County

Cedar Vale USD 285
Chautauqua County USD 286

Cherokee County

Baxter Springs USD 508
Columbus USD 493
Galena USD 499
Riverton USD 404

Cheyenne County

Cheylin USD 103
St. Francis USD 297

Clark County

Ashland USD 220
Minneola USD 219

Clay County

Clay County USD 379

Cloud County

Coffey County

Burlington USD 244
Lebo–Waverly USD 243
LeRoy–Gridley USD 245 (Southern Coffey County)

Comanche County

Comanche County USD 300

Cowley County

Crawford County

Frontenac USD 249
Girard USD 248
Northeast USD 246
Pittsburg USD 250
Southeast USD 247

Decatur County

Oberlin USD 294

Dickinson County

Doniphan County

Douglas County

Baldwin City USD 348
Eudora USD 491
Lawrence USD 497

Edwards County

Kinsley–Offerle USD 347
Lewis USD 502 (K-6)

Elk County

Elk Valley USD 283
West Elk USD 282

Ellis County

Ellis USD 388
Hays USD 489
Victoria USD 432

Ellsworth County

Finney County

Ford County

Bucklin USD 459
Dodge City USD 443
Spearville USD 381

Franklin County

Central Heights USD 288
Ottawa USD 290
Wellsville USD 289
West Franklin USD 287

Geary County

Geary County USD 475

Gove County

Grinnell USD 291 (5-8)
Quinter USD 293
Wheatland USD 292 (9-12)

Graham County

Graham County USD 281

Grant County

Ulysses USD 214

Gray County

Cimarron–Ensign USD 102
Copeland USD 476
Ingalls USD 477
Montezuma USD 371

Greeley County

Greeley County USD 200

Greenwood County

Hamilton County

Syracuse USD 494

Harper County

Harvey County

Haskell County

Satanta USD 507
Sublette USD 374

Hodgeman County

Hodgeman County USD 227

Jackson County

Holton USD 336
North Jackson USD 335
Royal Valley USD 337

Jefferson County

Jefferson County North USD 339
Jefferson West USD 340
McLouth USD 342
Oskaloosa USD 341
Perry–Lecompton USD 343
Valley Falls USD 338

Jewell County

Rock Hills USD 107

Johnson County

Kearny County

Deerfield USD 216
Lakin USD 215

Kingman County

Kiowa County

Haviland USD 474 (K-8)
Kiowa County USD 422

Labette County

Lane County

Dighton USD 482
Healy USD 468

Leavenworth County

Basehor–Linwood USD 458
Easton USD 449
Fort Leavenworth USD 207
Lansing USD 469
Leavenworth USD 453
Tonganoxie USD 464

Lincoln County

Linn County

Jayhawk USD 346
Pleasanton USD 344
Prairie View USD 362

Logan County

Oakley USD 274
Triplains USD 275

Lyon County

Marion County

Marshall County

McPherson County

Meade County

Fowler USD 225
Meade USD 226

Miami County

Louisburg USD 416
Osawatomie USD 367
Paola USD 368

Mitchell County

Montgomery County

Morris County

Morris County USD 417

Morton County

Elkhart USD 218
Rolla USD 217

Nemaha County

Neosho County

Chanute USD 413
Erie–Galesburg USD 101

Ness County

Ness City USD 303
Western Plains USD 106

Norton County

Northern Valley USD 212
Norton USD 211

Osage County

Burlingame USD 454
Lyndon USD 421
Marais des Cygnes Valley USD 456
Osage City USD 420
Santa Fe Trail USD 434

Osborne County

Osborne USD 392

Ottawa County

Pawnee County

Fort Larned USD 495
Pawnee Heights USD 496

Phillips County

Logan USD 326
Phillipsburg USD 325
Thunder Ridge USD 110

Pottawatomie County

Pratt County

Rawlins County

Rawlins County USD 105

Reno County

Republic County

Rice County

Riley County

Rooks County

Palco USD 269
Plainville USD 270
Stockton USD 271

Rush County

La Crosse USD 395
Otis–Bison USD 403

Russell County

Natoma–Paradise–Waldo USD 399
Russell County USD 407

Saline County

Scott County

Scott County USD 466

Sedgwick County

Seward County

Southwestern Heights USD 483
Liberal USD 480

Shawnee County

Sheridan County

Hoxie USD 412

Sherman County

Goodland USD 352

Smith County

Smith Center USD 237

Stafford County

Macksville USD 351
St. John–Hudson USD 350
Stafford USD 349

Stanton County

Stanton County USD 452

Stevens County

Hugoton USD 210
Moscow USD 209

Sumner County

Thomas County

Brewster USD 314
Colby USD 315
Golden Plains USD 316

Trego County

WaKeeney USD 208

Wabaunsee County

Wallace County

Wallace County USD 241
Weskan USD 242

Washington County

Wichita County

Leoti–Wichita County USD 467

Wilson County

Altoona–Midway USD 387
Fredonia USD 484
Neodesha USD 461

Woodson County

Woodson USD 366

Wyandotte County

District changes

The number of students in rural communities dropped significantly across the 20th century. As farming technology progressed from animal power to small tractors towards large tractors over time, it allowed a farmer to support significantly more farm land. In turn, this led to fewer farm families, which led to fewer rural students. In combination with a loss of young men during foreign wars and rural flight, all of these caused an incremental population shrinkage of rural communities over time. In 1945 (after World War II), the School Reorganization Act in Kansas caused the consolidation of thousands of rural school districts in Kansas (mostly one room rural school houses).^[1] In 1963, the School Unification Act in Kansas caused the further consolidatation of thousands of tiny school districts into hundreds of larger Unified School Districts.^[2]

The following list is not complete.^[3]

Renamed

Cherokee USD 247 changed name to Southeast USD 247 in 2007.
Greensburg USD 422 changed name to Kiowa County USD 422 in 2010s.
Jetmore USD 227 changed name to Hodgeman County USD 227 in 2000s.
Kismet–Plains USD 483 changed name to Southwestern Heights USD 483 in ?
Mill Creek Valley USD 329 changed name to Wabaunsee USD 329 in 2016.
Paradise USD 399 changed name to Natoma–Paradise–Waldo USD 399 in ?
Wabaunsee East USD 330 changed name to Mission Valley USD 330 in 2004.^[4]

Dissolved

Hanston USD 228 dissolved to merge into Jetmore USD 227 in 2011, which at some point was renamed to Hodgeman County USD 227.
Jewell USD 279 dissolved and split to merge into Beloit USD 273 and Rock Hills USD 107 on July 1, 2009.
Morland USD 280 dissolved to merge into Hill City USD 281 in 2002.
Mullinville USD 424 dissolved to merge into Kiowa County USD 422 in 2011.
Nes Tre La Go USD 301 dissolved and split to merge into Western Plains USD 106 and Ness City USD 303 in 2005.
Prairie Heights USD 295 dissolved and split to merge into Hoxie USD 412 and Oberlin USD 294 on July 1, 2006.
West Solomon USD 213 dissolved to merge into Norton USD 211 on July 1, 2010.

Consolidated

This lists school districts that merged to form a new school district.^[3] The number of consolidations is half the size of this list because every district is listed on the left side.

Atwood USD 318 and Herndon USD 317 consolidated to form Rawlins County USD 105 in 2003.
Axtell USD 488 and Sabetha-Wetmore USD 441 consolidated to form Prairie Hills USD 113 on July 1, 2010.
B & B USD 451 and Nemaha Valley USD 442 consolidated to form Nemaha Central USD 115 on July 31, 2011.
Bazine USD 304 and Ransom USD 302 consolidated to form Western Plains USD 106 in 2004.
Belleville USD 427 and Hillcrest USD 455 consolidated to form Republic County USD 109 in 2006.
Claflin USD 354 and Lorraine USD 328 consolidated to form Central Plains USD 112 on July 1, 2010.
Eastern Heights USD 324 and West Smith County USD 238 consolidated to form Thunder Ridge USD 110 on July 1, 2008.
Elwood USD 486 and Wathena USD 406 consolidated to form Riverside USD 114 on July 1, 2010.
Herndon USD 317 and Atwood USD 318 consolidated to form Rawlins County USD 105 in 2003.
Highland USD 425 and Midway-Denton USD 433 consolidated to form Doniphan West USD 111 in 2009.
Hillcrest USD 455 and Belleville USD 427 consolidated to form Republic County USD 109 in 2006.
Lorraine USD 328 and Claflin USD 328 consolidated to form Central Plains USD 112 on July 1, 2010.
Mankato USD 278 and White Rock USD 104 consolidated to form Rock Hills USD 107 in 2006.
Midway-Denton USD 433 and Highland USD 425 consolidated to form Doniphan West USD 111 in 2009.
Nemaha Valley USD 442 and B & B USD 451 consolidated to form Nemaha Central USD 115 on July 31, 2011.
North Central USD 221 and Washington USD 222 consolidated to form Washington County USD 108 in 2006.
Ransom USD 302 and Bazine USD 304 consolidated to form Western Plains USD 106 in 2004.
Sabetha-Wetmore USD 441 and Axtell USD 488 consolidated to form Prairie Hills USD 113 on July 1, 2010.
Washington USD 222 and North Central USD 221 consolidated to form Washington County USD 108 in 2006.
Wathena USD 406 and Elwood USD 486 consolidated to form Riverside USD 114 on July 1, 2010.
West Smith County USD 238 and Eastern Heights USD 324 consolidated to form Thunder Ridge USD 110 on July 1, 2008.
White Rock USD 104 and Mankato USD 278 consolidated to form Rock Hills USD 107 in 2006.

Future

Healy USD 468 is planning to dissolve and consolidate in 2025.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Your School District: The Report of the National Commission on School District Reorganization; National Education Association; 286 pages; 1948.
^ "Administration of Unified School Districts in Kansas" (PDF). Kansas State Department of Public Instruction. January 1967. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 10, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "School consolidations in Kansas for past decade". The Topeka Capital-Journal. July 24, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023.
^ "USD 330 adopts new name". The Topeka Capital-Journal. November 20, 2003. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016.
^ "Kansas' smallest school district prepares to close in warning sign for rural communities". The Lawrence Times. May 24, 2024. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024.
^ "Home Page". Healy USD 468. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024.

External links

State

Kansas State Department Of Education, KSDE
Kansas State High School Activities Association, KSHSAA

KSDE Documents

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Schools in Alphabetical Order, KSDE

KSDE Maps

Kansas School District Boundary Maps: 2004, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, KSDE
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