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List of unified school districts in Kansas

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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

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Anderson County

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Atchison County

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Barber County

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Barton County

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Bourbon County

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Brown County

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Butler County

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Chase County

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Chautauqua County

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Cherokee County

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Cheyenne County

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Clark County

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Clay County

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Cloud County

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Coffey County

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Comanche County

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Cowley County

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Crawford County

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Decatur County

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Dickinson County

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Doniphan County

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Douglas County

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Edwards County

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Elk County

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Ellis County

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Ellsworth County

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Finney County

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Ford County

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Franklin County

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Geary County

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Gove County

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Graham County

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Grant County

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Gray County

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Greeley County

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Greenwood County

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Hamilton County

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Harper County

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Harvey County

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Haskell County

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Hodgeman County

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Jackson County

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Jefferson County

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Jewell County

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Johnson County

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Kearny County

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Kingman County

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Kiowa County

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Labette County

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Lane County

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Leavenworth County

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Lincoln County

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Linn County

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Logan County

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Lyon County

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Marion County

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Marshall County

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McPherson County

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Meade County

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Miami County

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Mitchell County

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Montgomery County

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Morris County

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Morton County

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Nemaha County

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Neosho County

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Ness County

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Norton County

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Osage County

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Osborne County

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Ottawa County

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Pawnee County

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Phillips County

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Pottawatomie County

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Pratt County

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Rawlins County

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Reno County

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Republic County

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Rice County

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Riley County

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Rooks County

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Rush County

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Russell County

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Saline County

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Scott County

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Sedgwick County

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Seward County

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Shawnee County

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Sheridan County

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Sherman County

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Smith County

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Stafford County

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Stanton County

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Stevens County

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Sumner County

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Thomas County

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Trego County

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Wabaunsee County

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Wallace County

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Washington County

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Wichita County

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Wilson County

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Woodson County

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Wyandotte County

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District changes

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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

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Dissolved

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Consolidated

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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.

Future

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Your School District: The Report of the National Commission on School District Reorganization; National Education Association; 286 pages; 1948.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "School consolidations in Kansas for past decade". The Topeka Capital-Journal. July 24, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "USD 330 adopts new name". The Topeka Capital-Journal. November 20, 2003. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Home Page". Healy USD 468. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024.
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