Find statistics about Kansas school districts on state’s website

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The records: Statistics about Kansas school districts, including demographic information, dropout and graduation rates, expulsions, suspensions and incidents of violence.

Why you’d want them: To learn more about what is going on in the state’s schools.

Where you get them: Go to http://svapp15586.ksde.org/k12/k12.aspx. Click on the county about which you are interested, then on the school district and then on the link for the district’s statistics on the left side of the page. The district’s statistics link will be the second link under the Related Sites/Information menu.

How much it costs: The information is free.

Deb Gruver

This story was originally published September 21, 2014 at 11:43 AM with the headline "Find statistics about Kansas school districts on state’s website."